Belgium bans TikTok from federal government work phones


FILE PHOTO: China's flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian federal government employees will no longer be allowed to use the Chinese-owned video app TikTok on their work phones, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday.

De Croo said he called upon regional governments to apply the same rules.

(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Bart Meijer; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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