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Australia will announce a ban on TikTok on government phones this week, following other countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese agreed to a government-wide ban on the use of TikTok after the completion of a review by the Home Affairs department.
Australia will announce a ban on TikTok on government phones this week, following other countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns, Australian newspapers reported late on Monday.
AFR Weekend can reveal that the government is considering adopting a similar approach to the proposal TikTok is trying to negotiate with US authorities, dubbed Project Texas.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he’s never seen a prime minister “less across the detail” than Anthony Albanese. Follow updates here.
The company was the focus of bipartisan fury in Washington that was billed as a make-or-break moment for the world’s fastest growing social-media app.