He British Parliament have agreed to ban the Chinese app Tik Tok on all official devices connected to the House of Commons and the House of Lords, in line with a decision adopted last week by the UK Government.

Social networks will still exist “blocked” on MPs devices, according to a spokesperson for the agency which has emphasized that “cybersecurity is a priority”, without elaborating further on the specific reasons for this action, reported Sky News.

Therefore, legislators who want access to tick tock they have to do it from a personal device and that they are not connected to Parliament’s Internet network.

Fear is growing in the West over the possible use of Tik Tok as a Trojan horse to promote pro-China propaganda or collect user data, but Beijing has denounced that political intent is hidden behind this veto flow without any real technological justification.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Rishi Sunak, has warned that he will examine the steps taken by “allied” governments and ultimately his government is following another line like United States, Canada or India. In the case of the UK, it happens that several ministries, such as Defence, have official accounts on Tik Tok.

US ban on Tik Tok

He the Chinese government have expressed concern about the possibility of the United States coercing Chinese company ByteDance leave the popular application Tik Tok and has warned that it “will be strongly opposed” in such a case. “Forcing the sale of Tik Tok will seriously undermine the confidence of investors around the world, including China, about investing in the United States,” Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shu Jueting said at a news conference.

In this regard, representatives of the Ministry of China remember that the sale or The Tik Tok divestment will imply the export of the technology and administrative clearance procedures must be carried out in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations. “If the news is true, China will strongly oppose,” has stated, noting that “the Chinese government will make decisions in accordance with the law.

Tik Tok CEO Shou Chew is scheduled to appear before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Commerce and Energy this Thursday to solve different problems including accusations that the Chinese app could be used to spy on American users or push propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party.

Last February, the United States Government ordered to remove Tik Tok from all official devices, which prompted the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do so pointed out that the United States abused the “concept of national security” and its own power to punish foreign companies.