https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/uk-bans-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones
Britain is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers’ and civil servants’ mobile phones, bringing the UK in line with the US and the European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.
The decision marks a sharp U-turn from the UK’s previous position and came a few hours after TikTok said its owner, ByteDance, had been told by Washington to sell the app or face a possible ban in the country.
The UK government’s announcement was made on Thursday by Oliver Dowden, the Cabinet Office minister, in the Commons. He said the ban was “with immediate effect”.
The decision follows a review of TikTok by government cybersecurity experts that began in November, Dowden said, and will cover ministers’ and civil servants’ work phones, but not their personal phones. “This is a proportionate move based on a specific risk with government devices,” he added.
英国将禁止中国拥有的视频共享应用程序TikTok使用部长和公务员的手机，使英国与美国及欧盟委员会保持一致，并反映与北京关系恶化。
TikTok表示，TikTok的所有者ByteDance已被华盛顿告知出售该应用程序，否则将面临国内禁令。 几个小时后，TikTok做出了这一决定。
英国内阁办公厅部长奥利弗·道登星期四在下议院宣布了这一决定。 他说，禁令”立即生效”。
Dowden说，这项决定是在政府网络安全专家11月开始对TikTok进行审查之后作出的，审查范围将包括部长和公务员的工作电话，但不包括他们的个人电话。 接着补充道:”这是以政府机器的特殊危险性为基础,采取相称的措施。”
