Governments Ban TikTok on Official Devices Amid Security Concerns
New Zealand's parliament will ban TikTok from all parliamentary devices at the end of the month due to security concerns surrounding the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. The decision follows similar rulings by some of its major western allies, including the UK, US, Canada, and the European Commission. TikTok has denied its data or algorithms can be accessed or manipulated by the Chinese government. The ban does not specifically cover MPs' personal phones, but those phones must have the app uninstalled in order to access any parliament applications.