UK bans TikTok from government mobile phones
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#69W3B)
Move brings Britain in line with US and Europe and reflects worsening relations with China
Britain is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers' and civil servants' mobile phones, bringing the UK in line with the US and the European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.
The decision marks a sharp U-turn from the UK's previous position and came a few hours after TikTok said its owner, ByteDance, had been told by Washington to sell the app or face a possible ban in the country.
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