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Mehl’s TikTok postings reportedly included photos and videos from her official duties, sparking concern sensitive information and government activity could have reached Chinese authorities.
Norwegian Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl admitted to installing and using Chinese-owned and operated TikTok on her government-issued phone.
Mehl’s TikTok postings reportedly included photos and videos from her official duties, sparking concern sensitive information and government activity could have reached Chinese authorities.
Norway’s justice minister has apologized for having failed to admit, when quizzed in Parliament, that she had installed and used TikTok on her government-issued phone
Norways justice minister apologised on Wednesday for having failed to admit, when quizzed in Parliament, that she had installed and used TikTok on her government-issued phone.The popular video-sharing app is Chinese owned, which has raised fears in the West that Beijing could use it to scoop up user data or push pro-China narratives or misinformation.Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl, 29, told lawmakers on Wednesday that she had installed TikTok on her government phone for about a month last fall and has since deleted it.