jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); });

Original Podcast with clickable words

https://tinyurl.com/2q2to548

Contact: [email protected]

The Belgian Government has banned TikTok on official phones.

Cosc curtha ag Rialtas na Beilge ar TikTok ar fhóin oifigiúla.

The prime minister of Belgium has banned civil servants in that country from using TikTok on their work phones.

Tá cosc curtha ag Príomh-aire na Beilge ar státseirbhísigh sa tír sin TikTok a úsáid ar a bhfóin oibre.

Alexander De Croo announced today that the ban on the Chinese app will apply for the next six months, at least.

D'fhógair Alexander De Croo inniu go mbeidh feidhm leis an chosc ar an aip Shíneach go ceann sé mhí, ar a laghad.

The Belgian Government decided to implement the ban as a result of an analysis of the risk of espionage by the Chinese authorities on Belgian news systems and agencies.

Is de bharr anailíse ar bhaol spíodóireachta ó údaráis na Síne ar chórais agus ar ghníomhaireachtaí fáisnéise na Beilge a chinn Rialtas na Beilge an cosc a chur i bhfeidhm.

Other countries in Europe have banned public sector workers from using TikTok on their work phones.

Tá cosc curtha ag tíortha eile san Eoraip ar oibrithe san earnáil phoiblí úsáid a bhaint as TikTok ar a ngutháin oibre.

They fear that the Beijing authorities will take advantage of the social network to collect sensitive information about its users.

Tá faitíos orthu go mbainfidh údaráis Béising leas as an ghréasán sóisialta le h-eolas íogair a bhailiú faoina lucht úsáidte.

European Union authorities recently ordered their employees to remove the app from their phones and work computers.

Le gairid d'ordaigh forais de chuid an Aontais Eorpaigh dá gcuid fostaithe an t-aip a bhaint dá gcuid fóin agus ríomhairí oibre.

"We should not be naive: TikTok is a Chinese business that has an obligation to cooperate with Chinese news services, said Alexander De Croo.

"Ní ceart dúinn a bheith saonta: is gnó Síneach é TikTok a bhfuil dualgas air comhoibriú le seirbhísí fáisnéise na Síne, a dúirt Alexander De Croo.

"That's the truth of the matter."

"Sin í fírinne an scéil."

The ban does not apply to the use of TikTok on the personal phones of civil servants, members of parliament or government ministers.

Ní bhaineann an cosc le úsáid TikTok ar ghutháin phearsanta na státseirbhíseach, na dteachtaí parlaiminte ná na n-airí rialtais.

The TikTok app is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

Is leis an chomhlacht Síneach ByteDance an t-aip TikTok.