Even a politician who visited China last week has binned the app
Australia has joined the growing list of nations that have decided TikTok represents an unacceptable risk when running on government-owned devices, so has decided not to allow it onto those machines.announced
the national government will"prohibit the TikTok app on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies. The direction will come into effect as soon as practicable." Exemptions"will only be granted on a case-by-case basis and with appropriate security mitigations in place," Dreyfus's announcement adds. Which sounds like the usual provision to ensure that government accounts can continue to post to the platform to reach its immense audience – an inconsistency few governments have addressed.
Australia's government has hinted it will take this position for weeks, but the decision is still risky. Sino-Australian relations reached a low ebb in recent years, in part because Australia banned Huawei and ZTE from selling kit to local carriers.
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