TikTok will be received by the Minister Delegate for Digital Jean-Noël Barrot on Friday. The latter will exchange with Erich Andersen, general counsel of ByteDance, parent company of TikTok. On the agenda: "the company's roadmap and commitments" as well as a "precise operational schedule" of the measures taken to protect user data.

TikTok is set to announce Wednesday that it will open three data centers in Europe this year — two in Ireland, one in Norway — to store European users' data, amid suspicions of a transfer of that data to China. The group also announced a partnership with a European group responsible for controlling the processing of this data.

"TikTok will also have to demonstrate the full compliance of its project with European regulations, both in terms of compliance with the GDPR (data protection) and cybersecurity," the ministry said. In terms of content, it must "be more transparent about its algorithm of recommendations for users".



'Potential security threat'

This is the second time the French minister will meet with TikTok world leaders. He had met with its CEO Shou Zi Chew in January. Erich Andersen has just met politicians in Brussels and London, and is expected to travel to Amsterdam after Paris. Objective: to appease mistrust while several governments and institutions have banned the app on the work phones of their officials.

The European Commission and Parliament have banned TikTok from their employees' devices, as has the Danish parliament. On Wednesday, the Czech cybersecurity agency (NUKIB) warned that the social network poses a "threat" to security if installed on devices with access to sensitive data.


The open but firm dialogue with TikTok is bearing fruit. I will receive its leaders on Friday to ensure that their commitments respect our laws, the prescriptions of our regulators and the data of the French. https://t.co/TuW4QcmbwX

— Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) March 8, 2023

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"The bureau is concerned about a potential security threat arising from the use of TikTok, due to the amount of user data collected by the app and how that data is handled." In the United States, where a law has decided to ban TikTok from the devices of public officials, a bill supported by the White House could lead to a total ban on the application.

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