Australia Bans Tiktok on Government Devices 

Australia says it would ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security fears. <br />Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the decision followed advice from the country’s intelligence agencies and would begin as soon as practicable. <br />Australia is the last member of the secretive Five Eyes security alliance to pursue a <br />Dreyfus says the government would approve some exemptions on a case-by-case basis with appropriate security mitigations in place. <br />Cyber security experts have warned that the app could be used to hoover up data that is then shared with the Chinese government.