tick tock It’s not just a deep-rooted social network. It is also central suspicion of some government authorities; the same company, for weeks, has been asking for the uninstall of the app on the work phone. Along with recommendations aimed at the public sector, it is now the media outlet that is warning its employees about this problem: the BBC.
Following in the footsteps of DR (Danish public service broadcaster) which was taken over on 9 March, BBC London has done just that recommended his staff to delete TikTok on company phones due to security and privacy concerns.
This announcement comes after the British government forced officials to remove the popular app developed by ByteDance from phones and tablets. In this regard, the BBC indicated that it would continue to use the platform for editorial and advertising purposes.
TikTok and China: unconfirmed suspicions
While TikTok’s software is run from Singapore, parent company ByteDance maintains its main headquarters in Beijing. This situation has raised several warnings in the United States and Europe about the possible access the Chinese government may have to user-generated data.
Today, TikTok has more than 1 billion monthly active users, surpassing systems like Snapchat, Pinterest and Twitter. The mobile app has been downloaded 2.6 billion times from the official iOS and Android repositories, resulting in an hour and a half per day average viewing time among users.
In an email sent to BBC employees, it stated that “the decision was based on concerns raised by government authorities around the world regarding data privacy and security. If it is a BBC company device and you do not need to use TikTok for business reasons, the app should be removed from the BBC company mobile device.”
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