THE STORTING: In a letter to the Storting, Venstre leader Guri Melby asks the Presidency to instruct all Storting representatives and employees to remove the controversial Tiktok app.
The Chinese application has received a lot of attention, in particular because of its use by the Minister of Justice Emilie Enger Mehl. The application collects large amounts of data from the mobile phone on which it is downloaded.
DN mentioned Venstre’s requests first.
Melby’s call comes after a number of countries and institutions introduced restrictions on its use.
– It is extremely difficult, says the head of communication of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party Thomas Tangen in Dagbladet.
Dagbladet was recently able to say that FRP presents TikTok ban proposals for government and ministries.
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Today the Liberal Party’s communications chief summoned colleagues from other parties in the Storting to talk about the app.
– We think it would make sense for party groups to agree on a common way to use TikTok, says Tangen.
– We want to sit together and find common rules on how we can use it in the election campaign.
He points out two things that make the problem worse.
– One is security. Here, the experts must report to us on the security aspect. In the context of the election campaign, this is extremely difficult for young people and the youngest target groups. It is important to reach first-time and second-time voters.
– We have never had this dilemma before: both a major security risk and a huge potential to reach target groups.
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In addition to the other parties, Venstre will have the Storting’s own IT experts on its team.
– We will bring the IT department of the Storting with us to say what they think of the security around TikTok, says Tangen.
The question surrounding the rules of TikTok is brought to light by the fact that Canada recently introduced a ban on TikTok in its national assembly. Danish security authorities have done the same, and the US Congress is currently discussing a total ban on the app in the country.
The left-wing leader says the response from political opponents has so far been good.
– It was well received in almost all parties. Most people want to meet and discuss common issues.
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Due to winter holidays and busy schedules, the meeting will not take place until March 22. Several parties have not yet responded if they will come.
In Venstre, Storting politicians are banned from having TikTok on their office phone. Tangen stresses that there is no question of proposing that parties should not be allowed to use the Chinese-owned application.
– I will not come to the meeting with proposed rules. But we need to look at the security aspect and find a common platform to work from, Tangen says and points out:
– We can’t get it on the service phones here at the Storting.
He says the Liberal Party also doesn’t want to use TikTok in the campaign trail.
– It will not be appropriate for any of our representatives or advisors to have it on their service phone. Next, we want to hear what others, the Storting and the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, have to say about its use. I’m not closing this door now, Tangen said.
