Chinese app TikTok banned on government devices as part of wider review

The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden today made a ministerial statement to the commons on the government’s decision to ban TikTok on government phones.

Mr Dowden said: “We are going to ban the use of TikTok on governments devices. We will do so with immediate effect… We know that there is already limited use of TikTok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene”.