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Restricting the use of TikTok on government devices is a prudent and proportionate step following advice from our cyber security experts,

This is a proportionate move based on a specific risk with government devices,

Adolescence will always be attracted to something that is a bit dangerous and risky,

One of the best ways [for people] to get noticed on TikTok is to jump onboard with the trends,

The bottom line is that if there is a cybersecurity issue for the government users, the same applies to all of us,

We believe these bans have been based on fundamental misconceptions and driven by wider geopolitics, in which TikTok, and our millions of users in the UK, play no part,

If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access,

Even for someone who studies this stuff, it's not easy to detach and detangle all these apps,

I’m on a bunch of platforms,

This decision has been made based on our own experts’ analysis and following discussion with our colleagues across government and internationally,

Anyone who uses TikTok will know that it requires users to give permission for the app to access data stored on the device which is then collected by the company,

Trying to police data access is very, very difficult, especially when there's suspicion that the folks who are doing this have a reason to do it,

I think because we all freaked out before and nothing happened, no one is taking it seriously,

TikTok is just the tip of the iceberg,

The ban does not address the key problem that TikTok poses, which is transfer of data,

That would be part of the calculus and how aggressively China would want to respond,

There really wouldn’t be a way to circumvent the ban. The market is too big,

If TikTok is banned, someone is going to come up with an alternative. There are so many TikTok alternatives already, like YouTube shorts and Instagram reels,

I don’t see this happening soon or the near-term horizon, and creators since 2020 have been really savvy about being on multiple platforms and doing short-form video on multiple different places,

I think the app will be around one way or another,

Today, the threat that everyone is talking about is TikTok, and how it could enable surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party, or facilitate the spread of malign influence campaigns in the US. Before TikTok, however, it was Huawei and ZTE, which threatened our nation's telecommunications networks,

There won't be action from CFIUS as a result of this review that will be taken against third parties that are not a part of this transaction,

There will almost always be ways around this,

The US has so far failed to produce evidence that TikTok threatens US national security,

Tween and teens are more susceptible to social pressures, which makes it harder to assess risk,

This same thing happened a while back,

I’m not genuinely worried at all,

There are virtual networks that allow people to get access to Western applications,

We will do so with immediate effect,