When Grant Shapps was appointed as the UK’s defense minister this month, one of the first questions he faced was about his social media use. Shapps, previously energy minister, was one of the most prolific users of TikTok in the British government, and military experts and the media wanted to know whether he had the app on his phone. It’s already banned from official devices in Parliament. And the UK isn’t the only country that has grown increasingly nervous about the security risks of TikTok.
This year, one nation after another has banned TikTok from devices used by government staff and elected officials. Citing unspecified “national security risks,” the European
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