Experts have backed a ban on TikTok from Government phones saying it's a "reasonable" step to protect national security.
The Chinese-owned app won't be allowed on top phones handling sensitive information, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden confirmed on Thursday morning.
The risk to individual members of the public is small, according to BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
While the app isn't banned for everyday use, experts are still concerned Beijing might be manipulating what people see.
The app - owned by a company called ByteDance - has previously been accused of manipulating the algorithm so that kids in Europe and the US are pushed towards silly content while teens in China see more educational stuff.
"The individual risk to a random UK teenager is small," said Lisa Forte, from the BCS’ Information Security specialist group.
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