- Australia joins a growing list of countries to ban TikTok from government-issued devices
- The move is to limit security risks posed by the app.
- The announcement of the ban is expected to be made as early as Tuesday.
Social media app TikTok will reportedly be banned from Australian government-issued devices over security concerns.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued the directive
into the risks posed by the Chinese-owned app, according to The Australian newspaper.
The ban would apply to mobile phones and other devices issued by the government for politicians and public servants.
The announcement of the ban is expected to be made as early as Tuesday. AAP has contacted the government for comment.
The move follows the US, Canada and the European Union prohibiting government employees from having TikTok on work-issued devices.
relate to the potential for data to be harvested and accessed by the Chinese government under national laws that can compel companies to hand over information.
The federal opposition has been calling for the government to act on national security concerns and follow other countries in instituting bans.
ByteDance, which owns the social media app, has denied its user data can be supplied to Beijing.
