Poland Recommends Banning TikTok From Government Devices

Poland should ban TikTok app from devices used by government officials due to uncertainty about how the company gathers and processes the data, according to an advisory panel to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

The guidance still needs to be adopted as part of the domestic regulation before it becomes binding, Janusz Cieszynski, an official in charge of cybersecurity, told Wydarzenia24 TV channel on Monday.

The decision comes as more western nations impose restrictions on the video-sharing platform, which is owned by Chinese-backed Bytedance Ltd., amid mounting security concerns. Earlier this month, the UK Parliament banned TikTok on local ...