Danish defence ministry bans TikTok on employee work phones

NATO-member Denmark’s Defence Ministry on Monday banned its employees from having video-sharing app TikTok on their work phones as a cybersecurity measure.

It’s the latest government-related ban over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.

In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian country’s Centre for Cyber Security had assessed there was a risk of espionage, and said that TikTok “asks for certain rights and access on the device”.

The military agency is part of Denmark’s foreign intelligence service.