Sweden

Sweden’s military has banned staff from using TikTok on work devices due to security concerns, citing the app’s handling of user information and the actions of owner company ByteDance. Similar decisions have been made by authorities in Western countries, including Norway and France, over fears of ties to the communist government in Beijing. TikTok has denied any control or access to its data by the Chinese government, but acknowledged in December that employees had used European user data to spy on journalists.