The U.K. government has asked relevant cybersecurity authorities to review TikTok.
The country's security minister has not ruled out banning the app.
- The task of reviewing the app and pinpointing the exact security risks has been delegated to the National Cyber Security Center.
- Security minister Tom Tugendhat stated that whether the country bans the app or not will depend on the findings of the National Cyber Security Center.
- TikTok has stated that it has taken steps such as storing U.K. user data in its European data centers and tightening data access controls in order to ensure government officials of its commitment to data privacy.
- TikTok and its privacy policy have been at the center of discussion for over two years.
- Recently, the European Commission decided to ban the app for all government employees.
- The Belgian federal government has also taken the same decision.
- In the U.S., the House of Representatives ordered all employees to delete the app from their devices only three months ago.
- States such as Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Tennessee, Iowa, North Dakota, and others have all banned the app for their federal employees.
