BREAKING: The Ontario government is banning TikTok from all provincial government-issued devices effective immediately, the treasury board president said on Thursday.
Treasury Board president says ban is 'proactive and precautionary' move to protect government dataThe TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021.
Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria said in a statement that all government advertising campaigns will be removed from TikTok as part of the ban. As well, he said all Ontario Progressive Conservative party caucus members will be required to remove the application from all personal cell phones. "While no data breaches have occurred, our government takes all allegations and concerns about data integrity incredibly seriously."
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