UK probing TikTok’s ownership, security minister says

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“We need to make sure that our phones are not spyware,” said the security minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON – The UK is carrying out an “important” investigation into Chinese social media app TikTok, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said, but he refused to be drawn on whether it would be banned from UK government mobile devices.

“I haven’t had an answer yet,” he told Sky News. “I haven’t personally downloaded TikTok for reasons you can probably guess,” he added. Western governments have become increasingly worried about TikTok’s potential national security risk, in the light of concerns around its parent company, ByteDance.

 

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