UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones
The UK on Thursday announced a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from all government mobile phones — a policy that has already been adopted by the US and the European Commission....
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Lockdown Files: Hancock Threatened to Block Disability Funding, Pressured Lawmakers
Former UK Health Sec. Matt Hancock supported pressuring a Conservative Minister of Parliament, James Daly, if he failed to vote to implement the government's COVID tier system, leaked WhatsApp messages have revealed. The exchange specifically suggests Hancock backed plans to threaten to block fun...
US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....
European Parliament Bans TikTok from Staff Devices
Following suit with decisions from the European Commission and the EU Council last week, the European Parliament on Tuesday banned TikTok from staff devices, underlining mounting unease over allegations that the social media app allows the Chinese government to harvest users' data....
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Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices
Canada announced Monday that it's banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices following growing Western concerns surrounding the security of the video-sharing social media app....
Report: Meta's Targeted Ad Model to Face EU Restrictions
EU privacy regulators on Monday reportedly ruled that Meta Platforms Inc, which includes Facebook and Instagram, can't require users to agree to personalized ads targeting their online activity....