New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said. The ban, which takes effect at the end of the month, follows similar moves in many other countries. /Dan Nelson/

File Photo: New Zealand says risks relating to TikTok are “not acceptable” for devices with access to its network. Global concern comes after warnings by the FBI and other agencies that ByteDance could share TikTok user data with China’s authoritarian government. (ABC News)

นิวซีแลนด์ “จ่อห้าม” – File Photo: The New Zealand move came on the advice of government cybersecurity experts, said Parliamentary Service Chief Executive. He said the app would be removed from all devices with access to the parliamentary network. /STUFF/

File Photo: China accused the United States of spreading disinformation about TikTok following reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes. New Zealand will ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from lawmakers’ devices. (AP)