Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: TikTok
(asked on 1st March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of devices owned by his Department that have TikTok installed.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 8th March 2023
Departments are required to manage all applications and services on their networks, taking into account security and data protection risks.
Authorisation and approval for the use of any individual application is subject to Departmental security policies and procedures. With regards to the threat to national security His Majesty's Government does not comment on these matters.