Staff working at the European Commission have been ordered to
remove the TikTok app from their phones and corporate devices.
The commission said it was implementing the measure to
"protect data and increase cybersecurity".
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced
allegations that it harvests users' data and hands it to the Chinese
government. TikTok insists it operates no differently from other social media.
European Union (EU) industry chief Thierry Breton told a news
conference that the union's executive is very focused on cybersecurity,
declining to provide further details.
The ban also means that European Commission staff cannot use
TikTok on personal devices that have official apps installed.
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