Cyber security fears | Is it time to ban TikTok from your company devices?

The BBC has followed the UK Government by urging staff to delete TikTok from their work devices, amid growing privacy and security concerns about the app.

In recent weeks, fears have grown that the app could harvest data from corporate phones and share it with the Chinese government. The popular social media platform’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in Beijing, and in 2021, China's government acquired a one per cent stake and one of three seats on the board of the firm.