TikTok fans have slammed plans to ban the Chinese-owned app. Security minister Tom Tugendhat said today (March 14) he is awaiting a review from the National Cyber Security Centre before deciding on the “hugely important question”.
Rishi Sunak has also hinted that Britain could follow the US and the EU by banning the social media app from Government phones and devices. The Prime Minister said the UK will “look at what our allies are doing”, with Washington and the European Commission having banned TikTok on staff phones.
But Mr Tugendhat is proposing a a fully-fledged ban on the app. He told Times Radio: “I don’t have it, and the Prime Minister asked me to defend the leading democracy taskforce a little while ago, and as part of that we’re looking at the various threats to parliamentarians but also to journalists.
