New Zealand is effectively banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from the phones of MPs over cybersecurity concerns.
He said the app threatened to spread misinformation and pro-CCP material in Australia.
He said he hoped the government would take part in any action the US may take in demanding that ByteDance divest its stake in TikTok.Researchers say Chinese government carried out 'infiltration' of TikTok "[ByteDance's] status began to change in 2017, when it launched TikTok and acquired [social media service] Musical.ly," the authors wrote.
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