UK cybersecurity centre looking into risks posed by TikTok

Britain’s security minister said Tuesday he has asked the country’s National Cyber Security Centre to review threats posed by TikTok amid calls for the UK to impose a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app.

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said he was waiting for a review from the government’s cybersecurity experts before deciding on the “hugely important question.” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hinted a day earlier that the UK could follow the US and the European Union in banning the app from government-issued mobile phones and devices. “We take security of devices seriously … and we look also at what our allies are doing,” Sunak said during his visit to the US on Monday.