The corporation is taking the decision over privacy and security concerns about the popular app.
The BBC has advised staff to delete TikTok from corporate phones because of privacy and security fears.
The short-video platform is known for its viral dance crazes, sketches and filters and is hugely popular among young people, with more than 3.5 billion downloads worldwide.tweeted in reaction to the decision: "BBC News making big play for views on TikTok but now the BBC is telling staff not to have it on their phones".
Staff with the app on a personal phone that they also use for work have been asked to contact the corporation's Information Security team for further discussions, while it reviews concerns around TikTok. "We believe these bans have been based on fundamental misconceptions and driven by wider geopolitics.
While there has been no solid proof of this, there have been a number of incidents which have raised suspicions despite TikTok's repeated denial that it has ever shared data with the Chinese government. It asserts that all Western users' data is stored outside the country.
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