Peter Dutton calls for the PM to ‘show leadership’ on TikTok concerns
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to show leadership when it comes to TikTok amid national security concerns.
This comes after the US House of Representatives passed a bill which could see the app banned if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell its controlling stake within six months. “At a time when we’re being advised that young people who are using TikTok are having their personal details collected ... when that’s being collected either by a country or by a third party, the Prime Minister has to act,” Mr Dutton said during a media conference on Thursday.
“So far, the Prime Minister hasn’t done that and I think the Prime Minster, particularly at a time like this, doesn’t need to be weak, he needs to be strong. “It’s up to the Prime Minister of our country to respond in the appropriate way – that's what I would expect him to do.”
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