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US House bans TikTok on mobiles over national security concerns

By IANS | Published: December 29, 2022 10:57 AM

Washington, Dec 29 Chinese short-form video making app TikTok has been banned on mobile devices issued by the ...

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Washington, Dec 29 Chinese short-form video making app TikTok has been banned on mobile devices issued by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The House ordered staff to delete TikTok from any House-issued mobile phones, according to an internal memo seen by NBC News.

"House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices. If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it," read the memo.

Local administrations in 19 U.S. states have already banned TikTok on government issued-devices.

TikTok spokesperson said that the move was a "political signal rather than a practical solution for security concerns."

TikTok is currently negotiating a deal with the US Justice Department to resolve national security concerns

Last week, reports surfaced that China-based

In October, TikTok denied that it used specific location data to track certain U.S. individuals, pushing back against a Forbes report that alleged the app was planning on carrying out such monitoring.

In June, TikTok said it started routing U.S. user data through Oracle to appease concerns that China-based employees could access U.S. information.

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