{"id":260077,"date":"2023-04-04T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T06:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=260077"},"modified":"2023-04-04T07:32:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T06:32:17","slug":"australia-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/04\/australia-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia bans TikTok on government devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia announced on Tuesday that it will prohibit TikTok from being used on government devices, joining a growing list of Western countries cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the decision was based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/17\/new-zealand-to-ban-tiktok-from-lawmakers-devices\/\">intelligence agency advice<\/a> and would begin &#8220;as soon as practicable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australia is the final member of the secretive Five Eyes security alliance to pursue a government TikTok ban, joining the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Similar moves have been made by France, the Netherlands, and the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Dreyfus stated that the government would approve some exemptions &#8220;case by case&#8221; with &#8220;appropriate security mitigations in place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cyber security experts have warned that the app, which has over one billion users worldwide, could be used to collect data and then share it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/24\/tiktok-chief-faces-hostile-us-lawmakers-over-china-ties\/\">with the Chinese government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Surveys have estimated that as many as seven million Australians use the app \u2014 or about a quarter of the population.<\/p>\n<p>In a security notice outlining the ban, the Attorney-General\u2019s department said TikTok posed \u201csignificant security and privacy risks\u201d stemming from the \u201cextensive collection of user data\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fergus Ryan, an analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said stripping TikTok from government devices was a \u201cno-brainer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been clear for years that TikTok user data is accessible in China,\u201d Ryan told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanning the use of the app on government phones is a prudent decision given this fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said Beijing would likely \u201cperceive it as unfair treatment of and discrimination against a Chinese company\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The security concerns are underpinned by a 2017 Chinese law that requires local firms to hand over personal data to the state if it is relevant to national security.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has denied these reforms pose a threat to ordinary users.<\/p>\n<p>China \u201chas never and will not require companies or individuals to collect or provide data located in a foreign country, in a way that violates local law\u201d, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in March.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has said such bans are \u201crooted in xenophobia\u201d, while insisting that it is not owned or operated by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s Australian spokesman Lee Hunter said it would \u201cnever\u201d give data to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is working harder to make sure this would never be a possibility,\u201d he told Australia\u2019s Channel Seven.<\/p>\n<p>But the firm acknowledged in November that some employees in China could access European user data, and in December it said employees had used the data to spy on journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The app is used to share short, lighthearted videos and has exploded in popularity in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Many government departments were initially eager to use TikTok as a way to connect with a younger demographic that is harder to reach through traditional media channels.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand banned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/06\/ukraine-tiktok-suspends-videos-from-russia\/\">TikTok from government devices<\/a> in March, saying the risks were \u201cnot acceptable in the current New Zealand Parliamentary environment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Australian government announced it would be stripping Chinese-made CCTV cameras from politicians\u2019 offices due to security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia announced on Tuesday that it will prohibit TikTok from being used on government devices, joining a growing list of Western countries cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security concerns. 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