- Western lawmakers have expressed concerns over TikTok's cybersecurity threats in recent years.
- The EU joins other authorities to ban the app from staff phones over cybersecurity concerns.
The European Commission banned TikTok from staff phones over cybersecurity concerns, $4 reported.
TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance, accused the EU of not consulting with it before making the move.
"So we are really operating under a cloud. And the lack of transparency and the lack of due process. Quite frankly one would expect, you know, some sort of engagement on this matter," Caroline Greer, TikTok's director of public policy and government relations, told Reuters. The company did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
At a news conference on Thursday, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said the decision was an internal one, and the agency does not have to give a reason for it, Reuters reported.
EU staff members will also have to remove TikTok from their personal devices if those devices access corporate services, $4 also reported.
$4 TikTok may pose in recent years. Authorities are worried that China $4, a claim that TikTok has repeatedly denied.
There have been several debates in the US over either $4 or enforcing $4 on TikTok.
More than half of US states have banned TikTok from government devices, $4 previously reported. Additionally, the app is banned on the government-owned devices of $4