China-based social media giant TikTok continues to remain on the agenda of many countries due to security concerns. If you remember, we recently told you that New Zealand is among the countries that ban TikTok. Now a similar decision has come from the Australian government.Security concerns rise for TikTok
For those who don’t know, in early March, the US gave government agencies 30 days to enforce the ban on the use of TikTok on official phones. After that, China made a strong exit, stating that the US abused its state power and put pressure on companies in other countries.
Today, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, defies accusations that it collects more user data than any other social media company, although many countries continue to join the US. Today, Australia announced that it has banned TikTok from all federal government-owned devices due to security concerns. The new ban is expected to come into effect as soon as possible.
However, TikTok described the decision from Australia as “disappointing” and “caused by politics, not facts”. After the new news, we can say that all members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance, consisting of Australia, Canada, the USA, the UK and New Zealand, have banned TikTok from government-owned devices. In addition, France, Belgium and the European Commission have taken similar decisions before.
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