US banking giant Wells Fargo has told staff to delete TikTok from their phones after Amazon banned then unbanned its employees from using the video app. It comes as US giant Amazon bizarrely told its staff to delete TikTok from phones with access to company emails then unbanned the app. It is suspected that Amazon and Wells Fargo are worried that TikTok, a Chinese company, could share data with the Chinese government. The ban was reversed after TikTok and Amazon representatives discussed the matter, according to an email sent to TikTok employees. Other than bans looming over TikTok, the app experienced a worldwide outage Thursday that affected tens of thousands of users.

Source: Daily Mail July 10, 2020 18:46 UTC