list countries banish tiktok growing australia latest join list australia joined western countries banning use tiktok government devices video app comes increasing blackmail security concerns notice issued attorney general department said tiktok poses security privacy risks due extensive collection user data exposure extrajudicial directions foreign government activity conflict australian part tiktok owned chinese applied science troupe bytedance long maintained share data chinese government however many governance across world remain cautious platform ties china countries announced fond complete bans tiktok afghanistan afghanistan taliban leadership banned tiktok halting pubg grounds protecting young people misled australiatiktok banned government devices australian government mark dreyfus said give decision getting advice country intelligence security last month belgium banned tiktok devices owned paid federal government citing worries cybersecurity privacy misinformation belgian prime minister alexander de croo said decision based warning national security council risks associated enceinte amounts data collected tiktok fact company required cooperate chinese intelligence activity annunciate devices must use tiktok order presents unacceptable risk concealment security employees also reportedly severalise download app defense ministry banned employees tiktok work phones government ordered employees remove app run devices ministry said reasons ban let in weighty security considerations well limited need use app european unionthe european parliament european commission eu council bloc ternion main institutions imposed bans tiktok staff devices european parliament ban lawmakers employees advised remove tiktok app personal recreational utilisation tiktok social media apps like instagram government employees phones banned recently reasons include concerns insufficient data security measures french government activity statement name specific apps said decision came governments contain measures targeting india imposed nationwide ban tiktok almost chinese apps june privacy security concerns companies given six calendar month respond questions privacy security requirement post ban made permanent wave january ministry electronics entropy technology meity order state apps prejudicial reign integrity republic of india defence india security state public order latviathe latvian ministry foreign affairs also announced ban tiktok work devices foreign minister edgars rinkevics twitch deleted tiktok account app also prohibited using app smart devices ministry dutch central government banned apps including tiktok employee work phones citing data security concerns government command name tiktok specifically said civil servants discouraged apps land offensive cyber program netherlands dutch interests installed secondhand mobile river work devices new zealandnew zealand banned employees nation fantan tiktok app work phones following advice government cybersecurity experts app removed devices access parliamentary norwegian parliament banned tiktok work device country justice ministry warned app installed phones issued government employees state chapiter oslo second expectant urban center bergen also urged municipal employee remove tiktok do work december taiwan impose world sector ban tiktok federal bureau of investigation warned tiktok posed national security measure risk administration devices including mobile phones tablets desktop computers allowed use software system include apps same tiktok chinese equivalent douyin xiaohongshu chinese lifestyle content kingdom united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland march uk administration banned tiktok mobile phones used government parson civil servants officials said ban precautionary move security grounds apply personal twist british parliament adopt banning tiktok official devices