After US, Britain bans TikTok on government devices with immediate effect
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After US, Britain bans TikTok on government devices with immediate effect

British minister Oliver Dowden said Thursday that there was a risk about how sensitive data could be used on certain platforms.

   
TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California | Reuters file photo

TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California | Reuters file photo

London: British minister Oliver Dowden said on Thursday the government would ban the use of TikTok on government devices, saying there was a risk about how sensitive data could be used on certain platforms.

“We’re moving to a system where government devices will only be able to access third party apps that are on a pre-approved list,” Dowden told lawmakers.

“We are also going to ban the use of TikTok on government devices. We will do so with immediate effect.”

(Reporting by Muvija M and Farouq Suleiman, Editing by Paul Sandle)

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