TikTok: On government phones, UK ministers are prohibited from using an app owned by ChinaTikTok: On government phones, UK ministers are prohibited from using an app owned by ChinaTikTok: On government phones, UK ministers are prohibited from using an app owned by China
For security reasons, ministers in the British government cannot use the social media app TikTok, which is owned by China, on their work phones and devices. The government is concerned that the Chinese government could access sensitive data stored on official phones. The ban, according to Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden, was a “precautionary” move that…