Britain's National Cyber Security Centre is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday.
TikTok has come under increasing focus over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests.
"Understanding exactly what the challenges that these apps pose and what they are asking for and how they're reaching into our lives is incredibly important," Tugendhat told Sky News when asked if he would like to see TikTok banned from British government phones. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but has previously said bans were misguided and based on fundamental misconceptions.
Britain on Monday cast China as representing an"epoch-defining challenge" to the world order in an update to its blueprint for security and international policy.
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