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France bans TikTok, WhatsApp, Netflix from state employees' phones

TikTok was amoung several popular apps banned by the French government on the official phones of state employees. REUTERS - DADO RUVIC

The French government on Friday banned the installation and use of "recreational" applications including the Chinese social network TikTok and the American streaming platform Netflix on the work phones of the country's 2.5 million state civil servants.

According to French Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guerini, these applications present "risks in terms of cybersecurity and protection of the personal data of public servants and the administration".

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