TikTok banned from parliament over China fears
Parliament has banned TikTok from its estate and devices as the app faces increased global scrutiny over links to the Chinese state.
MPs, staff and guests will no longer be able to access the video-sharing platform on parliament’s wi-fi and employees cannot use it on their work devices.
It represents a further tightening of restrictions on the app by officials across the UK. Scotland announced a TikTok ban on government devices yesterday. The bans were prompted by a security review by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of GCHQ.
Parliamentary TikTok enthusiasts such as Grant Shapps, the energy secretary, will still be able to post videos using their personal devices via a mobile phone network.
Shapps vowed after the government ban that he “will
