France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants -minister

The ban will apply to work phones. (AFP/File)

• The French government will ban entertainment app to protect civil servants online

PARIS: France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account.
"In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok on the professional phones of civil servants," he said in a statement.