US Army joins Navy in banning TikTok on government-issued phones

Only weeks after the US Navy passed a similar rule, the United States Army has banned its members from using China-owned TikTok on their government-issued smartphones. The reason, according to an Army spokesperson, is that officials consider TikTok a ‘cyber threat,’ mirroring concerns expressed by government officials who called for a national security review of the app. The TikTok saga …