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Michelle Donelan speaks out on Defence Secretary Grant Shapps’ ‘personal decision’ to use China-linked TikTok
The Independent
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9/12/2023
Technology secretary defends Grant Shapps's use of China-linked app TikTokGood Morning Britain, ITV
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When it comes to TikTok, we've been very clear
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that we've banned it on government devices
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to protect sensitive information.
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We've said that if you're going to use it
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on a personal device, you obviously
00:10
need to be recognizing the type of data
00:13
that that app pulls and make sure that you are putting
00:19
in place mitigation.
00:20
So for instance, government ministers
00:23
wouldn't have sensitive information
00:25
on their personal phones.
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They might have conversations with their wives
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or their husbands about what they're
00:30
going to have for tea that night.
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But they're not going to be doing government
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work on their personal phones.
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So it's just the government work that you are protecting.
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You're not concerned about the defense secretary
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and any personal information he might have on his phone
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and TikTok being on that same device.
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Well, that's a personal decision for the defense secretary.
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I don't know whether it's on his personal phone.
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But I think actually in this circumstance,
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if my memory serves me right, it's
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on one of his staffers' phones, not his actual personal phone.
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But that is a decision completely and entirely down
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to the defense secretary, not to me.
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