Tag: Tiktok

TikTok banned on government devices

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
TikTok will be banned on Australian government-issued devices over cyber security and foreign interference fears, following similar bans of the Chinese social media platform by other Five Eyes nations....

Senator asks for Didi privacy probe as TikTok review begins

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy watchdog is considering investigating Chinese ride hailing company Didi after a request from shadow Cybersecurity minister James Patterson, who raised concerns with the company’s data practices. Similar...

ACCC inquiry targeting social media competition, scams and ads

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat will be scrutinised by the competition regulator in a new inquiry launched as part of the watchdog’s ongoing examination of digital platforms. The...

TikTok back in the Parliament’s firing line

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
TikTok’s data security is back under scrutiny in Australia after global executives confirmed Chinese employees had access to information on US users. Both the government and the Opposition are...

Facebook removed 110,000 Covid posts by Aussies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Facebook removed 110,000 pieces of COVID-19 misinformation posted by Australian pages or accounts in the first year of the pandemic, with 14 billion posts removed around the world from...

TikTok acquisition a win for tech giants

Posted on   |  by Paul Haskell-Dowland and Brianna O’Shea
In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested...

Social media giants called before committee

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The biggest social media companies in the world, including Facebook and TikTok, have been summoned to appear before an Australian parliamentary committee investigating misinformation and foreign interference online. The...

Govt must act on Tiktok practices

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government must do more to confront emerging tech giants like Tiktok over its “problematic practices” and to better inform Australians about the risks associated with using them,...