TikTok bans on Australian government-issued phones should be extended to other apps, experts say

Researchers say federal departments should not only focus on Chinese-owned TikTok, as other apps also collect a lot of user data

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Federal department bans on using TikTok on Australian government-issued phones are sensible but should also apply to other social media apps, experts say.

A growing number of Australian government agencies have begun banning the popular ByteDance app, amid security concerns over the company’s ties to China and which data might be accessible to the Chinese government about TikTok’s users.

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