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CNR reported that as for the TikTok app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, due to concerns that user data on the short video sharing platform could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, which could harm Western security interests, the TikTok investigation was open. has come into range.
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC, is evaluating whether TikTok should be banned from government phones. However, the US, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission have banned the app from government-issued phones.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden told parliament that government tools can only access third-party apps that have been approved beforehand.
He added: “We are also banning the use of TikTok on government equipment with immediate effect.”
Dowden further said that the ban does not cover private devices and that there would be limited exemptions for using TikTok on government devices for commercial reasons.
“It’s a response to the specific risks of government equipment,” he said.
A spokesperson for TikTok said it was disappointed by Britain’s decision today to follow other western countries in banning TikTok from government phones.
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