Australia PM rules out US-style TikTok ban

Australia banned TikTok from government devices in April 2023 – the last member of the secretive Five Eyes security alliance do to so after the United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. — AFP

SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister said Match 14 his government has no plan to copy a move by US legislators to ban TikTok unless it agrees to divest from its Chinese owner.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation threatening to exclude TikTok from the United States but the bill still needs the support of the more cautious Senate.