By Write in Spanish with EFE
Conservative executives indicated today that the move was for security reasons as official phones may contain sensitive information, but the ban does not affect private phones. TikTok has denied giving access to its user data to the Chinese government.
TikTok found the UK government’s decision to ban the app on its official mobile phones “disappointing” on Thursday, highlighting its commitment to addressing “any problem”.
The Conservative Government indicated that it was for security reasons as official cell phones may contain sensitive information, but the ban did not affect the private phones of Executive members.
With this decision, the United Kingdom has joined other countries, including the United States and Canada, as well as the European Union, in banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, on its employees’ company devices. .
TikTok denies facilitating the Chinese government’s access to its users’ data. “We believe this ban is based on a fundamental misunderstanding and is driven by broader geopolitics, in which TikTok and our millions of users in the UK have no role,” a spokesperson for the social network said.
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