UK bans TikTok on government mobile phones

In accordance with the United States and the European Union, the UK on Thursday issued a security ban on government devices for the Chinese-owned video app TikTok.

“We will do so with immediate effect,” Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden told parliament.

Because they are concerned that Chinese authorities may misuse or use the app, which is owned by the company Bytedance, more and more strict measures are being taken by Western authorities.

According to Dowden, specialists evaluated the risks associated with using third-party apps regarding private information from the government.

Government devices will only be able to access apps that have been pre-approved as part of the procedures.

The "government corporate devices" used by ministers and ministries will be subject to the restriction; however, personal devices and the general public would be exempt.

“This is a proportionate move,” said Dowden, urging users to exercise “caution” before downloading apps.

ByteDance has always stated that Beijing neither receives nor receives any data from it that is stored in China.

US government representatives have stated that TikTok would avoid a wider national ban if it parted ways with ByteDance.

Beijing's foreign ministry urged Washington to stop "unreasonably repressing" TikTok, which has more than a billion users worldwide, on Thursday.

“The US has so far failed to produce evidence that TikTok threatens US national security,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters.

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