Zheng Zeguang denounced that “political manipulation” by the British authorities would only do harm.
China’s Ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, argues that British authorities are making excuses to ban the social network TikTok on government devices, according to what stated This Tuesday at a press conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
“We strongly oppose the British act of making excuses put pressure on Chinese companies“, he claimed. “The Chinese government protects data and information security in accordance with the law,” he added.
In the same sense, the diplomat from the Asian country recalled that the company’s executive director, Shou Zi Chew, had made it clear that the company is committed to protecting the security of its users’ data.
Such political manipulation by the UK will only harm others and itself, including making highly popular social media platforms unavailable to the public, especially young people, Zheng added.
security fear
For all these reasons, China’s ambassador to the UK urged London to respect facts, stop exaggerating and not misuse the notion of national security, and stop deliberately suppressing Chinese companies.
On March 16, Secretary of State for the United Kingdom Government advertisement a ban on the use of TikTok on British civil servants’ work phones, citing security concerns, as well potential vulnerabilities of sensitive data.
Over the last few weeks, the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission have also done so they have followed in his footsteps. Washington went even further, and the US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted earlier this month to promote legislation that would make it easier to ban TikTok across the United States.
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