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I have watched hundreds of TikTok videos. The adults featured on the videos are less than 5%.
I have watched hundreds of TikTok videos. The adults featured on the videos are less than 5%.
I think it's probably more for security reasons -- ie. they can be passing a dot map of all the Navy personnel around the world and their traveling patterns to the Chinese government.
Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Someone likely did a risk/benefit analysis and the analysis didn’t come out in favor of the benefits. It’s probably that simple.
This is silly. Do they allow any other social networking apps at all on government-issued phones? edit: tik tok makes sense for recruiting, and apparently it is currently used in the UK.
> ... Naval and Marine personnel who use government issued smart devices are generally allowed to use popular commercial apps, including common social media apps ...
and then a Chinese company buys an American app that already has all the data
I have watched hundreds of TikTok videos. The adults featured on the videos are less than 5%.
I think it's probably more for security reasons -- ie. they can be passing a dot map of all the Navy personnel around the world and their traveling patterns to the Chinese government.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracki...
This is silly. Do they allow any other social networking apps at all on government-issued phones? edit: tik tok makes sense for recruiting, and apparently it is currently used in the UK.
It would be hilariously tragic if a major government official used twitter for communication.
This is silly. Do they allow any other social networking apps at all on government-issued phones? edit: tik tok makes sense for recruiting, and apparently it is currently used in the UK.
There are various stories (the Daily Mail, Reuters, Times, please take your pick) that report that the Army is 'playing with' TikTok to see if it works in recruitment. Those same reports say it is being used by 'The Guards Division'.
The British Army doesn't have a 'Guards Division' [0]
[0] https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brig...