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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sean Rayment

Special Forces commandos ordered to delete TikTok from phones due to security fears

Who Dares Deletes...Special Forces commandos have been ordered to remove TikTok from their military-issue mobiles.

Troops serving in the SAS, the SBS the Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Defence Human Intelligence Unit have all been warned data from the Chinese-owned app could fall into the hands of Beijing spies.

It is understood the warning was issued by the UK Special Forces Group’s intelligence and security unit.

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