Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices

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A sign up page for the application TikTok is shown on a cell phone in front of a screen with logos for the company in Sydney, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Rick Rycroft/AP

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has become the last of the “Five Eyes” security partners to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government’s devices.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in a statement Tuesday that based on intelligence and security agencies’ advice, that ban would come into effect “as soon

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