NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage Credit: News Corp Australia Lee Hunter insists the app is safe for Aussies. Camera Icon TikTok Australia General Manager The Project co-host Waleed Aly grew increasingly frustrated with Mr Hunter, saying the banks don’t collect voice recognition data like TikTok does. I had a look today at the privacy policies of some of Australia‘s biggest banks and telcos and they have employees in China.” “We have employees all over the world including China, but we are not alone in that. TikTok has been set up deliberately outside of China. “Bytedance has it’s origins in China,” Mr Hunter admitted on The Project. It’s owned by Chinese company “Bytedance,” but it maintains no information is held by the Chinese government because it is an “independent” site. The site, which allows people to upload videos up to 3 minutes in length, grew in popularity over the course of pandemic lockdowns, providing those stuck at home with a form of entertainment. NCA NewsWire / Tim Pascoe Credit: News Corp AustraliaĪs the United Kingdom and New Zealand join the growing list of countries that have issued orders banning the app, government agencies have leapt to blocking the site on staff members’ devices, fearing the app could expose sensitive information.

The Project/Channel 10 Credit: Channel 10 Camera Icon Agencies across the world have already banned use of the app. Camera Icon The Project host Waleed Aly grilled TikTok’s Aussie boss about the apps safety. It comes as companies around the world have banned the app, with some countries outlawing it altogether.

“There are lot of misperceptions around what happens on TikTok, but Australians are safe on TikTok.” “For Australians, the user data is held in the US and Singapore with strong cyber security to make sure the data is safe.

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