The Online giant Amazon has asked its workforce according to its own data accidentally, to remove the Chinese Videoapp Tiktok from their Smartphones. An E-Mail with a delete request to employees had mistakenly been shipped, the company said on Friday evening (local time). “There is currently no Change to our policies, with a view to Tiktok.”
Previously had spearheaded the group “security risks”, which required a deletion of Tiktok of mobile phones with access to Amazon E-Mails. Dropped off the call on Friday at noon (local time), had been a staff informed, wished to remain anonymous. Employees had until the end of the day you have time to make the preset, otherwise you would lose your mobile access to Amazon E-Mails.
“We understand your concerns still not”
In a message Tiktok let later know that Amazon had not informed about the step in advance. “We understand your concerns still,” said the Chinese byte dance group belonging to the network. We would have welcomed a dialogue in order to clarify Amazon’s reservations.
The App has been designed for users outside of China, but there is also a Chinese Version called Douyin. As in the case of YouTube, the task for the users to fill Tiktok with content. The App is for funny, silly Videos known and is especially popular with young people. In the United States, it has millions of Fans. Nevertheless, Tiktok is due to alleged censorship of Videos in the critique, in which the Chinese leadership is criticized. In addition, the allegation that user data will be shared with Chinese officials.
at the beginning of the week, the American brought foreign Minister Mike Pompeo, a ban of Chinese Apps like Tiktok in the game. “It is something that we look at,” said Pompeo the channel Fox News. American members had shown concern in the past about Tiktoks dealing with user data, and a collaboration with China’s feared intelligence services. Shortly before Pompeos Expression of India had banned Tiktok and 58 more Apps from China.