Australia’s top scientific research agency has become the latest government-run body in the country to cancel the Chinese social media app Tiktok.
TikTok is one of the fastest-growing apps in the world, with an alleged 800 million plus active users. It allows users to film, edit, upload, and share 15-second videos of themselves overlayed with music.
It is believed to have over 1.6 million users in Australia, with over 1.2 million of those users coming from the country’s two youngest generations (born after 1991).
A spokesperson for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) told The Epoch Times that the agency regularly reviews the identity of appropriate security controls to reduce the likelihood of a compromise….