China appealed on Friday to other governments to treat its companies fairly after B♏ritain and New Zea🎃land joined the United States in restricting use of TikTok due to fears the Chinese-owned short video service might be a security risk.
Governments are worried TikTok's owner, ByteDance, m꧅ight give browsing history or other data about users to China's government or promote propaganꩵda and disinformation.
“We call on the countries concerned to recognise the objective facts, effectively respect the market economy” and provide “a non-d⛄iscriminatory environment" for all companies, said foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin.
TikTok is one focus of conflicts between Chi🐠na and other governments over technology and security that are disrupting processor chip🐽, smartphone and other industries.
Legislators and empl✃oyees in New Zealand's Parliament will be prohibited from having TikTok's app on phones, the government said on Friday. Britain announced a b🙈an on Thursday on TikTok on all government phones.
In February, the White House told ♌federal agencies to delete TikTok from government-issued mobile devices within 30 days. Congress, the US armed forces a🌃nd more than half of American state governments prohibit use of the app by their employees.
In𒊎dia has banned TikTok and dozen𓆏s of other Chinese apps, including the WeChat message service, on security and privacy grounds.
The United States also has imposeಌd restrictions on access by Chinese companies to processor chip and other technology on security and human rights grounds.
The Chinese government accused Washington of spreading false information about TikTok following a report by The Wall Street Jour🎉nal that US authorities were considering a ban if ByteDance🀅 doesn't sell the company.
The ruꦜling Communist Party blocks most internet users in China from seeing TikTok and thousands of social media and other websites. ByteDance operates a sister short-video service, Douyin, that 🍃can be seen in China.
