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Councils told TikTok must be deleted from official devices

Local Government Management Agency has told councils Chinese-owned app is banned from work phones

TikTok has always maintained that its operations are separate from Bytedance and that it would never share users’ data with the Chinese government. Picture: Getty

The government has written to all local authorities in Ireland following a decision to ban TikTok and its video-sharing app on official devices.

The Department of Housing passed on the advice to councils via the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), an email seen by the Business Post shows.

Following this new guidance, staff at Kildare County Council were informed on Thursday that TikTok will be deleted from their work phones in the coming days following ...