UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns

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UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by ...

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