Two more federal government departments confirmed in answers to parliament that their employees were forbidden from downloading TikTok on work devices, joining the Departments of Defence and Home Affairs. Read more about the decision here:
that barred American federal public servants from having TikTok on their work devices because of security concerns.
A spokesman for TikTok said: “We understand these restrictions apply to a range of social media and messaging apps, not just TikTok.”that the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action had banned TikTok because of fears it could be used to surveil employees. The department reversed the decision following media queries just a day after the ban was announced internally.
A spokesman for the federal department of agriculture confirmed its TikTok ban and said it regularly reviews its IT rules. An environment department spokesman added that its IT services were provided by the agriculture department.her department was conducting a wide-ranging review of TikTok and other social media apps as Australia faces the challenge of a new wave of digital giants based in authoritarian countries.
That review is ongoing and TikTok has consistently vigorously defended its data security practices, saying it has strict policies to protect users, stores their data in the United States and Singapore and would never share it with the Chinese government.
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