Australia joined countries like Canada, the United States, Britain and New Zealand as it banned Chinese-owned video app TikTok from all federal government-owned devices
The ban underscores growing worries that China could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance Ltd, to harvest users' data to advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests.
TikTok said it was extremely disappointed by Australia's decision, calling it "driven by politics, not by fact". With Australia's ban, all members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network - which consists of Australia, Canada, the United States, Britain and New Zealand - have banned the app from government devices. France, Belgium and the European Commission have announced similar bans.before the U.S. Congress last month, repeatedly denied the app shares data or has connections with the Chinese Communist Party.
"Things are going well, but of course, it'll take some time to turn this ship around," Trade Minister Don Farrell told Sky News, referring to prospects for improving trade relations.
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