Tiktok to Be Banned in Australia?

Tiktok to Be Banned in Australia?    

TikTok collects its users' data, including details about you and your smartphone, your contacts, and your location. On June 29, the Indian Home Ministry banned 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok. The Centre stated that it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of these apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India. 

TikTok suffers $6 billion loss after India ban. And now after India, TikTok is facing a global backlash over security concerns. 

An unnamed federal MP has called for TikTok to be banned in Australia while Senator Jenny McAllister also spoke about the issue.

The chair of Australia's Select Committee on Foreign Interference Through Social Media said: There have been credible reports that TikTok takes more data than its users would expect, and moderates content for reasons that its users may not be comfortable with.

"I think Australians would expect that TikTok and other platforms will appear before the Senate committee to answer questions – both about their own policies and the best way to secure a healthy social media environment."