ABC to review use of TikTok after app banned from Australian government devices

The ABC said it has a suite of cybersecurity protocols, which include policies relating to the use of social media apps like TikTok on work devices. Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images

The ABC is reviewing its use of TikTok following the federal government’s ban of the Chinese-owned social media app on government-issued devices.

The ban announced by the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, on Tuesday only applies to non-corporate government entities, meaning a range of government-owned businesses and agencies are not subject to the ban, including the ABC, SBS, Australia Post and NBN Co.