European Commission Blocks Staff From Using TikTok

  • Measure aims to protect commission from cybersecurity threats
  • TikTok said move was based on ‘fundamental misconceptions’

European Commission staff were ordered to delete the Tik Tok app from mobile phones.

Photographer: Ivan Abreu/Bloomberg
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The European Commission suspended staff from using TikTok Inc. over security concerns related to the social media app’s data-collection practices.

Staff were ordered to delete the short-video app from mobile phones and corporate devices, including personal devices that use commission apps, a commission spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.