Following similar action from the U.S. and the European Union, U.K. authorities said Thursday that they are banning the popular app TikTok from government devices on security grounds.
NetChoice VP and general counsel Carl Szabo discusses whether a TikTok ban violates the First Amendment after the FBI's Christopher Wray warned against the social media platform's influence on 'Varney & Co.'on security grounds, following similar steps taken by the U.S. and European Union.
"Given the particular risk around government devices, which may contain sensitive information, it is both prudent and proportionate to restrict the use of certain apps, particularly when it comes to apps where a large amount of data can be stored and accessed," Dowden said.
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