UK bans TikTok on government devices

British authorities said on Thursday that they are banning video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones on security grounds, following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

Oliver Dowden, UK Cabinet Office Minister said “This ban applies to government corporate devices within ministerial and non-ministerial departments but it will not extend to personal devices for government employees or ministers or the general public.

That is because, as I have outlined, this is a proportionate move based on a specific risk with government devices.” Congress, the White House, U.S. armed forces and more than half of U.S. states already had banned the app.The European Union, Belgium and others have also temporarily banned the app from employee phones.