The ban is effective immediately and includes phones used by government ministers and civil servants, according to a statement given to the UK’s House of Commons by Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office.

“This is a precautionary move. We know that there is already limited use of TikTok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene,” the minister said in his address to MPs.

ByteDance, the company which owns TikTok, has been accused of handing users’ data to the Chinese government. The company has strongly denied this.

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Source: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/16/uk-becomes-the-latest-country-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-devices

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The European Union’s governing agencies have prohibited employees from using TikTok on work devices, citing data and cybersecurity issues.

Both the European Commission and the Council banned the social media app, which has come under fire in Europe and the United States in recent months.

Banning TikTok on official devices
On Thursday, Commission employees received an email informing them that the Chinese-owned social media app must be uninstalled from all company devices by March 15.

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Source: https://www.firstpost.com/world/eu-tightens-the-screw-on-tiktok-european-commission-bans-staff-from-using-tiktok-on-work-devices-12204272.html

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