UK to ban TikTok from Government phones

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been under pressure from senior MPs to follow the US and EU in banning TikTok from Government devices.

TikTok will be banned on Government phones, ministers are expected to announce after security concerns were raised about use of the Chinese-owned app (Josef Kubes/Alamy/PA)

TikTok will be banned on Government phones, ministers are expected to announce after security concerns were raised about use of the Chinese-owned app.

Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden will announce the details in the Commons on Thursday, the PA news agency understands.