Czech Republic have joined the list of countries to raise alarm that social media app, Tik-Tok is a threat to the security of the nation.
The Chinese-owned app has received various backlash from different countries and this time from Czech Republic, with rumours that the app might be giving Chinese government access to sensitive information.
The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency warned that TikTok could pose a threat if installed on “devices accessing critical information and communication infrastructure”.
“The Agency is concerned about a potential security threat stemming from the use of TikTok primarily due to the amount of user data that is collected by the app as well as the way the data is handled,” it said.
The Czech government has not introduced a ban so far.
In a report published last year, the Czech national intelligence agency BIS singled China out as a major threat targeting Czech cyberspace.
“Chinese technologies penetrating important networks of state infrastructures… can be evaluated as a major security threat,” it said.
