TikTok faces government device bans over data and spying concerns.

Lawmakers and staff in New Zealand's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones due to concerns over data privacy and cybersecurity. The ban will apply to about 500 people in the parliamentary complex, but other New Zealand agencies could impose their own bans later. The move follows similar bans in other countries amid warnings that TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance could share user data with China's government. The decision was made based on advice from government cybersecurity experts and New Zealand's intelligence agency.