On Monday, Canada announced that the app Tiktok is banned on all work phones of government employees, as the app is considered to pose “an unacceptable risk to privacy and security”, reports TT.
The app is to be deleted by Tuesday and the federal government is to block the ability to download it.
The White House also announced on Monday that employees have 30 days to delete the app.
Tiktok, whose parent company is China’s Bytedance, has faced increased concern in the West in recent months.