James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security, Senator Watt. The European Union, Canada, the United States and other jurisdictions have banned TikTok on government devices because they regard the risk posed by the app as unacceptable. Overnight the director of the FBI reaffirmed the serious threat of backdoor espionage and interference from TikTok. Of 53 Australian government departments and agencies who responded, only 25—less than half—confirmed an outright ban. Why has the Albanese government not followed our like-minded partners and banned the app on government devices?