TikTok attacks European Commission after vetoing its application

The European Commission yesterday told all its officials that they have until March 15 to remove tik tak their corporate mobile phones or even for personal use, but with official applications. The solution that the popular video app didn’t like, who has not hesitated to attack the executive branch of the European Union.

In fact, from TikTok, they not only accused him of not getting in touch to notify the reason for the decision. They also criticized him for the way he handled the situation. “not European”. This was stated by Theo Bertram, Vice President for European Public Policy for the application for bloomberg.

According to the aforementioned, the European Commission’s decision took TikTok by surprise. Although the platform commented yesterday that they had contacted the agency to explain how they protect European users’ data, this time the words were in a much more critical tone.

Bertram assured that in the video application ByteDance they learned about the decision from the pressrather than through direct communication with EU officials. “Usually we expect some interaction and then some ability to understand what the case is against us and the relevant evidence to consider it. And in this case, we didn’t have any of that,” he accused.

TikTok enters the crossroads of a European Commission veto

The decision of the European Commission to ban the use of TikTok on mobile phones for official use is not too surprising. Video platform is under scrutiny in the US and the European Union due to allegations of espionage in recent months.

In North America, TikTok can no longer be used on phones owned by government entities or agencies. At the same time, several universities have already blocked access from devices connected to their WiFi networks. However, the story does not end there. The senator recently sent a letter to Apple and Google demanding that it be removed from the App Store and Play Store, respectively.

In Europe, concern has also increased in recent months about the registration and manipulation of user data. It is a fact that ByteDance employees in China can access the information of UK, Swiss and European Union citizens who use TikTok. Although the European Commission warned at the end of 2022 that there were several investigations aimed at finding out whether the social network violated the GDPR.

In fact, recently the CEO of TikTok, The Zi Chu Show, met with European officials in Brussels to discuss issues related to the app’s privacy. The visit comes after Thierry Breton, commissioner for the internal market and services, said in January that the app must comply with the rules if it does not want to be blocked.

TikTok ban on mobile phones of European Commission employees further evidence of tense relations between the parties. “We never got the impression that it was being considered. Not to mention the fact that this process seems non-European,” Theo Bertram said in the last hours.

At the moment, there are not many options for a viral video app. The company wants to take advantage of the March 15 deadline to get more information and try to figure out some hypothetical solution to the blockade.