In their first public appearance before Australian members of parliament since the government joined Canada, the US and the UK in banning TikTok from government-owned devices amid concerns about the company’s connections to China, TikTok executives were questioned at length by a parliamentary committee examining foreign interference on social media.
Liberal senator and chair of the committee James Paterson, who has led the opposition’s push against the app, questioned how many times Australian user data had been accessed by TikTok staff based within China.
TikTok executive admits Australian users’ data accessed by employees in China
Australian user data is accessible to TikTok employees based in China on a “very strict basis”, the company’s head of data security, Will Farrell, has said.
