According to reports, Parliament has banned Tik Tok on official devices

US House of Representatives employees have been banned from having the popular social video app TikTok on their official devices Report from Reuters.

TikTok is no longer allowed to be used on staff devices because it poses a high risk due to a number of security issues, according to a memo sent to staff by the House chief administrative officer on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Employees who currently have the app on their official device must delete it and future TikTok downloads are not allowed. The House of Representatives takes similar action to the US Senate which approved his bill To ban the app from Federal agencies Early December

Lawmakers are concerned that TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance’s parent company in China, may A threat to national security. In November, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States says the program could be used “to control data collection on millions of users … or to control software on millions of devices.” A measure to ban TikTok on government devices is included in the law A $1.7 trillion spending bill was passed by Congress last week, but only applies to the executive branch, not Congress.

A spokesperson for TikTok would not comment on the new House ban, but told CNET, “We have been working with the US Committee on Foreign Investment for more than two years to address all reasonable national security concerns about TikTok in the United States. . We believe these concerns are completely solvable.”

The office of the chief administrative officer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.