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Memo: Amazon.com Bans TikTok from Employees' Phones, Cites 'Security Risks'

Reuters

   Amazon.com Inc has requested employees remove theTikTokvideo sharing
   app from their mobile devices by July 10 over "security risks,"
   according to a memo to employees seen by Reuters.

   "Due to security risk, theTikTokapp is no longer permitted on mobile
   devices that access Amazon email. If you haveTikTokon your device, you
   must remove it by 10-Jul to retain mobile access to Amazon email. At
   this time, usingTikTokfrom your Amazon laptop browser is allowed,"
   according to the email.

   Amazon.com representatives did not immediately return requests for
   comment.

   "While Amazon did not communicate to us before sending their email, and
   we still do not understand their concerns, we welcome a dialog so we
   can address any issues they may have and enable their team to continue
   participating in our community,"TikTokresponded in a statement.

   Chinese-owned social media platformTikTok, among the fastest growing
   digital platforms in history, is facing heavy scrutiny outside China.
   India bannedTikTokand other Chinese apps in June.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier this week Washington
   was considering banningTikTokin the United States. Asked if Americans
   should download it, he told Fox News: "Only if you want your private
   information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party."

   Two Republican senators in March introduced a bill aimed at banning
   federal employees from usingTikTokon their government-issued phones,
   amid growing national security concerns around the collection and
   sharing of data on U.S. users with China's government.

   Last year the United States Navy bannedTikTokfrom government-issued
   mobile devices, saying the short video app represented a "cybersecurity
   threat."

   Last November, the U.S. government launched a national security review
   ofTikTokowner BeijingByteDanceTechnology Co's $1 billion acquisition of
   U.S. social media app Musical.ly, Reuters first reported last year.

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