Ontario is removing TikTok from all government-issued devices effective immediately.

Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, the president of the Treasury Board of Ontario, made the announcement on Thursday afternoon.

He said all Progressive Conservative party caucus members have also been instructed to delete the video-sharing app from their personal devices.

"The decision to block the TikTok application from government-issued and personal devices is a proactive and precautionary approach to ensuring the protection of government data and networks," Sarkaria said in a statement.

"While no data breaches have occurred, our government takes all allegations and concerns about data integrity incredibly seriously."

Sarkaria added that government advertising campaigns will also be removed from TikTok.

A spokesperson for the company said it is disappointed that the provincial government took an "extreme approach" following "the baseless trend of blocking TikTok."

"All it does is prevent officials from reaching the public on a platform loved by millions of Canadians," the spokesperson said in a statement.

"We continue to be ready and available to meet with our government officials to discuss how we prioritize, protect and uphold the privacy and security of Canadians."

The Ontario government is the latest to ban the popular social media platform from its mobile devices. Since the federal government announced last week that it was deleting TikTok from its devices following a review by the chief information officer of Canada, many provinces and municipalities have made a similar move.

According to the chief information officer, the app "presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security."

Other governments around the world have also banned TikTok. There are concerns that the app's parent company, ByteDance, would give user data to the Chinese government or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf.

- with files from The Canadian Press and The Associated Press