A senior official says the fact that user data can be accessed from China “poses a risk which is too great for the department to countenance”.
, that TikTok employees around the world, including in China, can access certain data of millions of Australian users. At the time, TikTok maintained it had “strict protocols in place to protect Australian user data”.“Instagram and Facebook and Twitter are not beholden to an authoritarian government which is trying to interfere in our democracy or economically coerce us.
“We expect to have the study and review completed by the first quarter of next year. The review will look at the security implications of TikTok,” Mr Ablong said. “It will look at the complete relationship with TikTok with Australia and the challenges or otherwise that might be posed.” covers courts, insolvency, regulation, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. He joined the masthead in 2013 and has held a number of roles, including media editor and telecommunications reporter. He is based in Sydney.
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