Australia banned TikTok on Tuesday from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns, Reuters reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ban underscores growing worries that China could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance Ltd, to harvest users’ data to advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TikTok said it was extremely disappointed by Australia’s decision, calling it “driven by politics, not by fact”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, the ban will come into effect “as soon as practicable”, adding that exemptions would only be granted on a case-by-case basis and with appropriate security measures in place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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