{"id":9297,"date":"2023-03-15T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/uk-expected-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:38:07","slug":"uk-expected-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/uk-expected-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position <\/p>\n<p>Britain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The decision marks a sharp reverse from the UK\u2019s previously relaxed position, but some critics and experts said Britain should also extend the ban to cover personal phones used by ministers and officials \u2013 and even consider a complete ban.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/15\/uk-expected-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6594e55da1b066749a9abf46e1e080cd5f33ee4d\/0_63_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=68634be33037e14424b29d7435c15dbf\" title=\"UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones\" \/>Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position<br \/>\nBritain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.<br \/>\nThe decision marks a sharp reverse from the UK\u2019s previously relaxed position, but some critics and experts said Britain should also extend the ban to cover personal phones used by ministers and officials \u2013 and even consider a complete ban. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position Britain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing. The decision marks a sharp reverse from the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/uk-expected-to-ban-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}