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Is Germany planning to prohibit TikTok? Legislators believe nation should adopt stricter measures if tight rules don't yield results
Inspired by the US, Germany might outlaw TikTok if the social media network does not adhere to policies and rules. Numerous lawmakers opine that the minimum action they can take is to ban it from government-issued personal gadgets.
Certain German Parliamentary representatives who are part of an intelligence supervisory committee are pushing for a more stringent approach towards TikTok, a social media app owned by China and popular for its brief videos.
This conversation arises in light of deliberations in the United States about the possibility of passing a law to completely prohibit the app.
The US House of Representatives has recently given unanimous approval to a bill, indicating possible actions to force ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to sell off the app or risk being entirely banned from app stores in the United States.
Nonetheless, the US Senate still needs to review this bill before it can be enacted into law.
Numerous individuals from the German parliamentary group in charge of supervising intelligence agencies have voiced apprehensions about TikTok. Roderich Kiesewetter, the deputy head of the Bundestag's intelligence oversight committee and a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) member, proposed that Germany might need to consider a "universal prohibition on TikTok" if the app fails to comply with the country's stricter rules.
Kiesewetter emphasized concerns that TikTok could jeopardize democracy because of its apparent function as a significant tool in the mixed warfare strategies used by China and Russia.
As per the information shared by the government in the Bundestag, by 2023, Germany has around 19 million TikTok users.
Jens Zimmerman, who belongs to Germany's Social Democratic Party, suggested that a ban should be deliberated on the use of the app on national devices, akin to the rules applied to EU institutions.
Nonetheless, not every German political figure supports an absolute prohibition. Ralf Stegner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Konstantin von Notz, who is the Green Party's deputy leader, both endorse the idea of investigating regulatory measures instead of enforcing a total ban, which may be challenging to implement.
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is designed to make web-based businesses responsible for controlling false information and unlawful content on their sites. The European Commission is presently examining TikTok for possible violations linked to the DSA, such as matters related to the safety of children, the clarity of advertisements, and the accessibility of data.
The European Commission chose not to give any statements about the US laws or the talks in Germany concerning TikTok. However, they stressed that choices about IT security protocols are the responsibility of the respective national bodies.
The Commission emphasized that the DSA could impose temporary limitations on service access if businesses don't abide by the law. As per the Commission, the ban on the use of TikTok on business devices is still upheld.
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