The UK parliament decided to close its account in the Tiktok social network based on the security reasons, the speaker of the House of Commons of Lindsay Hall and the Lord of the House of Lords John McFoll in response to the request of the deputy Nusrat Gani.
“Thank you for a letter of July 28 on behalf of the members of both chambers, in which our attention was paid to the new account of the United Kingdom in Tiktok. We were not consulted with us about the plans for the [launch] of this pilot project, but in the last days We discussed this initiative with officials. This account was an attempt to attract a younger audience, which is not always active on our existing platforms on social networks, despite the work of the parliament. Nevertheless, in the light of your reaction and pronounced concern, we decided that the account should be It is immediately closed, ”said Gani published on Twitter.
She called this decision “a victory of common sense” and thanked the speakers of both chambers for “struggle for values and data protection.”
In 2021, Gani, together with a number of other British deputies, was included in the sanctions list of China authorities.
On the eve of the members of the New Zealand parliament received letters with respect to using the Tiktok application on their work devices, including phones. The deputies were called not to use the social network due to fears that through it the Chinese government could access the data of politicians.