Amazon will inform employees that 'Tik Tok should be deleted from smartphone' but it will be withdrawn soon
by Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker
On July 10, 2020, Amazon sent a notification email to employees saying 'Because of security risks, please delete TikTok from all terminals that access email used in-house today' I understood that I was doing. Later, on the same day, Amazon announced that the email was sent by mistake and withdrew its business order regarding the removal of TikTok.
Amazon Backtracks From Demand That Employees Delete TikTok-The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/tiktok-amazon-security-risk.html
Amazon says it will not ban TikTok from employee phones-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/10/21320196/amazon-employees-tiktok-uninstall-email-trump-administration-pompeo-ban
TikTok is a short movie sharing platform developed and operated by ByteDance in China. TikTok is extremely popular among young people, with the total number of application downloads exceeding 2 billion times, but it is `` a hunting ground for pedophiles'' `` continuing to violate the Child Privacy Protection Law '' In addition to many criticisms, security concerns and legal violations have been frequently pointed out. Therefore, in countries such as the United States and India, the movement to ban the use of TikTok is spreading.
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The New York Times reported on July 10, 2020 that Amazon had asked its employees to remove the TikTok app from their smartphones. The New York Times received an email from an insider saying, ``Because of the security risk, TikTok will be used on all terminals that access Amazon email used by Amazon for internal communication by July 10th. It is necessary to delete the application of '. Even if you delete the application, you can use the TikTok site from the browser.'
Here's the email Amazon sent to employees this morning banning TikTok from employee phones.
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 10, 2020
'If you have TikTok on your device, you must remove it by 10-Jul to retain mobile access to Amazon email.' pic.twitter.com/fIgmqyMhmO
However, this request was withdrawn within 10 July. Amazon spokesman Christie Brown announced on the same day to employees that 'the email to employees was sent in error. There is no change to the current policy regarding TikTok.' I have canceled the request to delete TikTok.
A spokeswoman for TikTok told The Verge, an IT news media in the United States, 'We were still concerned about what Amazon did because we didn't contact us when sending an email to our employees. We don't know if that is the case, but we want to address issues that Amazon may be concerned about and exchange ideas so that their teams can continue to participate in our community. I am thinking.'
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