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political reporter Jake Evans

TikTok bans 'haphazard and inconsistent', as departments make own rules on banning app

Several departments and agencies have banned TikTok from government devices, but there is no public-service-wide rule. (Reuters: Dado Ruvic)

Australian government departments have gone their own way on whether or not to ban TikTok on government devices, after the home affairs minister decided against implementing a ban across the entire public service.

The United States, Canada and several other nations have all recently imposed bans on the social media app being used on government devices, out of concerns that the data can be accessed in China and, so, is subject to Chinese national intelligence laws.

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