The EU executive’s decision follows similar bans in the U.S., where officials worry Beijing will use the app to spy on American citizens.
32,000. That’s how many of the staff working for the European Commission are part of the European civil service,
to the EU. The decision could affect thousands in this group, which includes policy officers, researchers, lawyers and translators.The European Commission is one of three bodies overseeing lawmaking in the EU. The other two—the European Council and the European Parliament—are likely to consider bans of their own. The nature of the Parliament,
up of more than 700 elected officials from across the world’s largest trading bloc, means a ban could take much longer to implement.
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