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TikTok said it was extremely disappointed by Australia's decision, calling it "driven by politics, not by fact".

Australia is joining its Five Eyes allies the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK in banning TikTok on government devices.

Australia said Tuesday it will ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security fears.

Dreyfus confirmed the federal government had recently received a "Review into Foreign Interference through Social Media Applications" report and that its recommendations remained under consideration. TRADE TALKS 'GOING WELL' The ban comes on the day Australian and Chinese officials held talks in Beijing in a bid to normalise trade as the World Trade Organization prepares to release findings into an Australian complaint on barley tariffs. "Things are going well, but of course, it'll take some time to turn this ship around," Trade Minister Don Farrell told Sky N...

The Australian government has banned the social media app Tiktok from all government devices following a security review ...