UK bans TikTok on government devices, following US and EU

By Christopher Hutton

Published March 16, 2023 2:13pm ET

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UK bans TikTok on government devices, following US and EU — The United Kingdom announced that it would ban the installation of TikTok onto government devices months after Congress passed a similar ban. Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden stated that, following a review of the app by British cybersecurity experts, the country would ban the app from government-owned devices due to the app’s privacy practices and […]

The United Kingdom announced that it would ban the installation of TikTok onto government devices months after Congress passed a similar ban.

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