The Department of Home Affairs is preparing advice for the Albanese government on the risks of “authoritarian vendors” after departments spent the last six months ripping out security equipment manufactured in China and removing the TikTok app from officials’ phones.
The department has already delivered a report to Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil with a range of options to tackle social media companies with questionable data collection practices and links to authoritarian regimes.
The new advice will also cover hardware and propose a more proactive approach to mitigating risks.
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