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TikTok clean up
around potential cyber attacks.
In a statement to parliament, Mr Dowden said there "could" be a risk to how government data and information is used by the app.
He said that while TikTok use is "limited", banning it is good cyber "hygiene" and brings the UK in line with the
US, Canada and the EU.
TikTok has been under increasing scrutiny over its security and data privacy, with concerns it could be used to promote proBeijing views or gather user data something TikTok strongly denies.
TikTok said it was "disappointed" with the government's decision.
YOUNG climate activists often make the news across Europe, but one group of older women activists are making waves as they prepare to sue the Swiss government for breaching their human rights by not doing enough to combat global climate change and cutting carbon emissions. KlimaSenniorinnen is taking its case against Swiss authorities to the European Court of Human Rights with the hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, in Strasbourg.
2,038 members, all above 64 years of age are making the case along with four
