This follows related calls from EU safety officers final week, and the increasing, state-based bans on US government-operated units.

With TikTok owned by China-based ByteDance, issues linger that any info shared within the app might be routed to the CCP, beneath China’s strict cybersecurity guidelines. And whereas TikTok itself says that each one Canadian consumer information is saved in Singapore and the US, there have already been examples of ByteDance workers accessing TikTok consumer information for analysis functions.

This additionally comes as tensions between China and the west proceed to oscillate.

Earlier this month, the US ordered a Chinese language balloon to be shot down, amid issues that it was getting used to spy on the US and Canada, whereas rumors of China’s continued help for Russia’s assaults on Ukraine have additionally put it on a collision course with western governments.

Amid this, TikTok is caught within the center. And whereas bans on authorities units gained’t essentially broaden to common customers, it does appear to construct the case that TikTok itself is a danger, which can, ultimately, see these actions broadened.

The US Authorities continues to be weighing a full ban of the app, whereas UK politicians are actually additionally beneath strain to take motion. If one area strikes, you’ll be able to guess the others will observe go well with, which may see TikTok successfully worn out, very quick, if issues proceed to rise.

It’s laborious to inform which manner issues will go. On stability, I’d assume {that a} compromise could be met – with a lot cash on the road, it looks as if, on the worst, TikTok could be bought off to a US-based firm to make sure consumer information stays in America.

But it surely’s troublesome to say, and issues may change in a short time.

Both manner, the increasing bans on authorities units definitely don’t bode properly for the app’s future, a minimum of in its present state.