China hits out at US over TikTok ban on government devices

US federal employees have been ordered to remove the video app TikTok from government-issued phones in the next 30 days.

TikTok has faced allegations that it harvests users' data and hands it to the Chinese government.

A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry accused the US of abusing state power to suppress foreign firms.

TikTok says it would never comply with an order to share user data and insists it operates no differently from other social media companies.