what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
- Written by Benjamin Dowling, Lecturer of Cybersecurity, University of Sheffield
The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, recently hinted that he may ban the social media application TikTok from devices used by government employees.
His comments follow similar bans by the European Commission and US federal government. In the EU and US cases, security concerns were used as the justification for a ban. Unlike Facebook or Instagram...