In an email to employees, Amazon said that due to 'security risks, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email.' It's the biggest company yet to warn its employees of TikTok as a possible security risk.
Amazon has instructed its employees to remove the short-video app TikTok from their devices immediately, according to a person familiar with the matter.
In an email sent to employees Friday morning and obtained by CNN, Amazon said that due to"security risks, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email."Accessing TikTok from company laptops is still permitted, the email said, but mobile devices will be cut off from Amazon email unless the app is removed.Amazon didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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