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UK parliament bans TikTok from official devices

Concerns mount about security implications of using Chinese-owned social media

The UK’s parliament on Thursday became the latest public organisation to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok app from its devices and networks as concern mounted about the security implications of its use.

The decision by the commissions that run both the House of Commons and the House of Lords comes just a week after the UK government barred the app from all government-owned devices used by ministers or officials. The Cabinet Office attributed that decision to the “potential vulnerability of government data”.

The social media network has faced claims that the data it collects on users could be passed to the Chinese government and Communist Party, claims the company has denied.

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