{"id":10999,"date":"2023-08-01T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/tiktok-ban-on-australian-government-devices-should-also-cover-wechat-parliamentary-committee-recommends\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:38:27","slug":"tiktok-ban-on-australian-government-devices-should-also-cover-wechat-parliamentary-committee-recommends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/tiktok-ban-on-australian-government-devices-should-also-cover-wechat-parliamentary-committee-recommends\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok ban on Australian government devices should also cover WeChat, parliamentary committee recommends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media says it is \u2018concerned\u2019 with \u2018unique national security risks\u2019 the companies pose<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ban on TikTok from government devices in Australia should be extended to the devices of government contractors, and should also cover WeChat, a parliamentary committee has recommended.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media <a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/download\/committees\/reportsen\/RB000062\/toc_pdf\/SenateSelectCommitteeonForeignInterferencethroughSocialMedia.pdf\">said in its report<\/a> tabled on Tuesday that it had been \u201cparticularly concerned\u201d with the \u201cunique national security risks\u201d posed by companies like TikTok and WeChat \u201cwhose parent companies ByteDance and Tencent respectively, are irrefutably headquartered in and run from authoritarian countries like China\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/01\/tiktok-ban-on-government-devices-should-also-cover-wechat-parliamentary-committee-recommends\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/79e3dc3655761a9ba591d3ce4ddf1f652e525396\/0_182_4608_2765\/master\/4608.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9d44c66940af89f9875631149a163766\" title=\"TikTok ban on Australian government devices should also cover WeChat, parliamentary committee recommends\" \/>Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media says it is \u2018concerned\u2019 with \u2018unique national security risks\u2019 the companies pose<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>The ban on TikTok from government devices in Australia should be extended to the devices of government contractors, and should also cover WeChat, a parliamentary committee has recommended.<br \/>\nThe Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media said in its report tabled on Tuesday that it had been \u201cparticularly concerned\u201d with the \u201cunique national security risks\u201d posed by companies like TikTok and WeChat \u201cwhose parent companies ByteDance and Tencent respectively, are irrefutably headquartered in and run from authoritarian countries like China\u201d.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian 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