The Dutch government instructed its intelligence services to study the risks of using video app TikTok on government phones.
Dutch Secretary of State for Digitization Alexandra Van Huffelen asked a special unit inside the intelligence service that deals with state secrets to investigate the use of the app and make recommendations, Van Huffelen’s spokesman Thomas Van Oortmarsen told POLITICO. Based on advice from the intelligence services, the Dutch government “will probably change the code of conduct.”
Van Hüflen discussed the issue with Dutch lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon as part of a debate on data ethics within government.
MPs from the four Dutch coalition parties have told Dutch media Before arguing that they support a ban on the use of TikTok on government phones.
Centre-left lawmaker Hind Dekker-Abdulaziz, who separately filed a written question to van Huffelen about the use of TikTok on government phones, said “officials should keep their mobile work devices on their mobile devices” to avoid “uncontrolled leakage”. tiktok should not keep” information.
A lawmaker from the junior coalition party, Niko Drost of KristenUni, advocated a complete ban on the app.
Earlier, the Dutch government had already issued a recommendation To all its ministries and agencies to stop government communication and advertising on the Chinese video app.