Security News > 2020 > July > Amazon Says Email to Employees Banning TikTok Was a Mistake
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the government was "Certainly looking" at banning the app, setting off confused and irritated posts as well as jokes by TikTok users.
TikTok said earlier in the day that Amazon did not notify it before sending the initial email around midday Eastern time Friday.
That email read, "The TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email." To retain mobile access to company email, employees had to delete the TikTok app by the end of the day.
"We still do not understand their concerns," TikTok said at the time, adding that the company would welcome a dialogue to address Amazon's issues.