The use of the Chinese social network on government phones poses a security risk, authorities said.
The TikTok app will be banned from use on all devices owned by the Australian federal government for security reasons. This was reported by Reuters on April 4.
The ban will come into effect “soon,” Australia’s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said, adding that isolated exceptions were possible with appropriate security measures.
It was noted that Australia followed the example of the United States, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand, which also banned the use of Chinese applications on government phones. France, Belgium and the European Commission have announced similar bans.
The move underscores growing concerns that the Chinese government could use a Beijing-based company owned by ByteDance Ltd to collect user data and advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests .
TikTok’s general manager for Australia and New Zealand, Lee Hunter, said he was “deeply disappointed” by the decision.
“There is no evidence that TikTok is in any way a security risk to Australians and should be treated no differently than other social media platforms,” he insisted.
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