HomeTechnologyBBC asks its staff...

BBC asks its staff to remove TikTok from work phones

BBC recommends its employees remove TikTok from work phones | Fountain: Hide

adUnits.push({
code: ‘Rpp_tecnologia_apps_Nota_Interna1’,
mediaTypes: {
banner: {
sizes: (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|android|iPod/i)) ? [[300, 250], [320, 460], [320, 480], [320, 50], [300, 100], [320, 100]] : [[300, 250], [320, 460], [320, 480], [320, 50], [300, 100], [320, 100], [635, 90]]
}
},
bids: [{
bidder: ‘appnexus’,
params: {
placementId: ‘14149971’
}
},{
bidder: ‘rubicon’,
params: {
accountId: ‘19264’,
siteId: ‘314342’,
zoneId: ‘1604128’
}
},{
bidder: ‘amx’,
params: {
tagId: ‘MTUybWVkaWEuY29t’
}
},{
bidder: ‘oftmedia’,
params: {
placementId: navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|android|iPod/i) ? ‘22617692’: ‘22617693’
}
}]
});

TikTok is not only a social network with deep roots. It also became the center of suspicion for some government agencies; the ones who have been asking for weeks to remove the app on their work phones. Along with these recommendations aimed at the public sector, there is now a media outlet that warns its staff about this: the BBC.

Following in the footsteps of DR (the Danish public broadcaster), which was taken over on March 9, BBC London advised its staff to remove TikTok from corporate phones for security and privacy reasons.

The announcement came after the UK government forced officials to remove the popular app developed by ByteDance from phones and tablets. At the same time, the BBC indicated that it would continue to use the platform for editorial and promotional purposes.

TikTok and China: unconfirmed suspicions

While the TikTok software is operated from Singapore, parent company ByteDance is headquartered in Beijing. This situation has raised some concerns in the US and Europe regarding the Chinese government’s possible access to user-generated data.

TikTok currently has over 1 billion monthly active users, surpassing the likes of Snapchat, Pinterest and Twitter. The mobile app has been downloaded 2.6 billion times from the official iOS and Android repositories, giving users an average hour and a half per day of browsing.

An email sent to BBC staff states that “The decision is based on concerns raised by governments around the world regarding data privacy and security. If this is a BBC corporate device and you do not need to use TikTok for business reasons, the application should be removed from the BBC corporate mobile device.”

Source: RPP

- A word from our sponsors -

Most Popular

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

More from Author

- A word from our sponsors -

Read Now

5 Pixar movies that everyone needs to watch

In addition to Toy Story, who was the studio's first long -term movie; Check out 5 more Pixar animations that everyone needs to watch!How many Pixar movies have you watched? The studio, which emerged independently on February 3, 1986 launching only short films, took an important step...

Government 50 is the same. Uah delay the return from random

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine presented one to the help of some categories of children. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } Minors who return from the occupied...

The army of the Russian Federation was a low place in the directions of Novopavlovsky – Deepstate

The army of the Russian Federation has achieved some success in Donetsk. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } In the direction of Novopavlovsky, the enemy discovered a weak...