Expert Suggested Ban on TikTok for Government-issued Phones in Australia

The Australian government recently decided to stop their employees from using TikTok, which is an app that lets people make and share short videos. The government is worried that the company that owns TikTok has connections to the Chinese government and that the Chinese government could get access to information about TikTok users. 

Following the action, some experts think that it is a good idea to ban TikTok, and they also think other social media apps should be banned too. Furthermore, an increasing number of government agencies in Australia are taking action to prohibit the use of the widely-used ByteDance app. 

This is due to heightened security concerns surrounding the app’s connection to China, prompting worries about potential risks and threats to national security. 

“I don’t think it’s as simple as TikTok – bad; American companies – good, I think they’re all bad,” Professor Vanessa Teague, a cybersecurity researcher at the Australian National University reported. 

The Canberra Times newspaper has reported that almost half of the government agencies in Australia have stopped their employees from using TikTok on devices owned by the government. 

Teague mentioned that although Apple and Google offer users more control over what data they share with social

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