March 23, 2023, 2:38 p.m. | Alex Hern and agencies

Data and computer security | The Guardian www.theguardian.com

Move follows UK government’s decision to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing app

Parliament is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from “all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network”, citing the need for cybersecurity.

The move goes further than the ban last week of the app on government mobile phones and devices, covering the whole parliamentary network. That means that MPs and parliamentary staff who continue to have TikTok installed on personal devices will find the …

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