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TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow

Amazon told employees they needed to delete the short-form video app from work phones immediately, but later reversed the decision.

Amazon told employees they needed to delete the short-form video app from work phones immediately, but later reversed the decision.

On Friday, Amazon sent an email to employees ordering them to delete the app from phones that also have access to Amazon email accounts, citing “security risks,” according to a copy of the message shared with The Washington Post. (Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Post.)
Earlier in the week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that the administration was “certainly looking at it,” when she asked if the government was considering banning the app after India prohibited it and some other Chinese-owned apps.
The Democratic National Committee also sent an email to campaigns Friday warning them about security risks that could be associated with using TikTok on their devices, reaffirming guidance it first sent in December of last year, according to a party official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.