BBC Urges Staff to Delete TikTok from Corporate Phones

BBC Urges Staff to Delete TikTok from Corporate Phones
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, speaks to the media as he departs BBC Broadcasting House in London on March 19, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA
Wim De Gent
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The BBC has urged its staff to delete TikTok from their corporate phones over privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned video-sharing app.

The BBC is the first British media organization to issue this kind of guidance regarding TikTok—and just the second in the world after Denmark’s public service broadcaster did the same earlier this month.

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