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Amazon bans TikTok citing "security risks," then says it was all a mistake

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Amazon apparently had planned to request its employees to delete TikTok from their phones according to a company-wide email obtained by The New York Times. The company cited « security risks » as the primary reason. The email specifically requested that employees…
Amazon apparently had planned to request its employees to delete TikTok from their phones according to a company-wide email obtained by The New York Times. The company cited « security risks » as the primary reason. The email specifically requested that employees delete TikTok from any device that can « access Amazon email. » Presumably, this includes both employer-provided phones and personal phones that have access to the employee’s business email.
Later on, on the same day, Amazon issued a statement saying “this morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error, there is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.

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