Australia has no decision to ban TikTok
Australian Treasury Secretary Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday that the country’s security agencies had not issued any security warnings about the use of the TikTok app. Meanwhile, the American governments, members of the European Parliament, and Canada have issued orders to ban the use of the Chinese video sharing program, TikTok, on government devices.
Canada banned the use of TikTok on government devices on Monday, and the next day, the European Parliament banned the use of the Chinese app on employees’ phones due to “concerns about unauthorized access to user data,” Aetna reported from Reuters. He forbade.
According to the report, the White House on Monday gave its agencies 30 days to ensure that TikTok software is not used on federal devices.
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On the other hand, in response to the question of whether the government of this country will impose a ban on the use of TikTok in the government, following other western countries, the said Australian official said: “We always ignore the recommendations and warnings of the national security organizations. But until today we have not received such advice and warning.”
It should be noted that the growing concerns in this regard are based on the fact that Western officials believe that the Chinese government can use the country’s famous software, TikTok, to collect user information to advance its political interests and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
It’s worth noting that the European Commission issued a ban on this last week, while the US Senate passed a bill in December that would have banned federal employees from using the app on their devices.
India also banned the Tik Tok application in 2020.
The spokesperson of the Japanese government also announced on Monday that although the government of this country is considering cyber security measures related to social media services, it will not ban the products of certain countries.