France bans 'recreational' apps like TikTok from public sector employees' work phones

France bans TikTok, Twitter from government staff phones

French government banned the use of TikTok, Twitter and Instagram from government staff phones.

France to Ban TikTok on Work Phones of Civil Servant: Minister

PARIS—France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil ...

France bans ‘recreational' use of TikTok, Twitter, and other apps on government phones

French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration, Stanislas Guerini, issued a statement explaining that 'recreational' apps lack sufficient security measures for use within state administrative services and could pose a risk to data protection.

French authorities over TikTok, Twitter and Instagram

Civil servants have been banned from using them on mobile phones.

France bans TikTok, Twitter from government staff phones amid security concerns

The move Friday follows similar restrictions on TikTok in democratic countries amid fears about the popular video-sharing app's Chinese connections.

France goes further than TikTok, also bans Twitter, Instagram from government phones

The French decision encompassed other platforms widely used by government officials, lawmakers and President Emmanuel Macron himself.