European Commission employees will have to remove TikTok from their work phones for security reasons, the EU's executive body announced.
February 23, 2023, 3:53 PMEuropean Commission employees will have to removeThe Commission said in a statement that all its employees will have to comply by March 15.
"The security developments of other social media platforms will also be kept under constant review," the statement added.The new rule will apply to work phones, but also employees' personal phones if they have an EU app on it, said Sonya Gospodinova, a spokesperson at the executive body.
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