Amazon.com bans, then un-bans TikTok app from employee mobile devices

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Amazon.com bans, then un-bans TikTok app from employee mobile devices

Calls the move a mistake.

In the span of a few hours last Friday, Amazon.com banned and then unbanned the TikTok video sharing app from employee mobile devices, calling the move a mistake. The news generated widespread attention for the Chinese-owned social media platform coming the same week US Secretary of State Mike ...

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