Amazon on Friday said it mistakenly sent workers an email telling them to dump the TikTok mobile application from their cell phones because of security concerns.
Amazon on Friday said it mistakenly sent workers an email telling them to dump the TikTok mobile application from their cell phones because of security concerns.
The internal message told workers they could still access the popular video-snippet sharing platform using laptop web browsers, but would lose access to company email on smartphones that have TikTok.
«This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,» an Amazon spokesperson said in reply to an AFP inquiry without going into detail.
«There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.»
The concern expressed in the internal message appeared to be that the TikTok mobile app could access Amazon company email, according to a copy posted online.
«User security is of the utmost importance to TikTok -– we are fully committed to respecting the privacy of our users,» a spokeswoman for the company said in reply to an AFP inquiry.
