The federal government is under pressure over its slow response to bans on Tiktok in the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
The shadow minister for Cybersecurity and Countering Foreign Interference, Senator James Paterson, says the Labor government has been “inconsistent and haphazard” in its approach to national security.
According to an audit by the senator, 25 federal government departments in Australia have banned Tiktok from all workplace devices. However, another 12 have only partially banned the app, while 11 have no restrictions on it at all.
“If it’s unsafe to be on the devices of some public servants, it’s not clear to me why it’s safe to be on the devices of other public servants, particularly in light, as you say, of the decision of the U.S. government to ban it on all government devices,” Paterson told Sky News AM Agenda….