SYDNEY: Australia is scrutinising the popular Chinese-owned social media TikTok<\/a> platform for any risks it may pose to users from around potential foreign interference and data privacy<\/a> issues, government sources told Reuters.

Owned by Bytedance, TikTok opened an office in Australia in recent weeks. Offices of both the Home Affairs and Attorney-General are discussing TikTok's operations, the sources said.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was \"having a good look\" at TikTok, which has also fallen under U.S. scrutiny for \"national security risks\".

\"If we consider there is a need to take further action than we are taking now, then I can tell you we won't be shy about it,\" Morrison told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Friday.

Separately, Labor Senator Jenny McAllister, the chairwoman of a parliamentary inquiry into foreign interference through social media, has identified TikTok as needing further scrutiny, noting 1.6 million young Australians used the app.

\"Some of these approaches to moderating content might be inconsistent with Australian values,\" she told ABC radio.

\"For example, removing material about Tiananmen Square, or deprioritising material about Hong Kong protests,\" she added, referring to student protests in Beijing in 1989 and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong over the past year.

Two of the three directors of the new Australian TikTok operation are senior executives of Chinese parent company ByteDance, company records seen by Reuters show.

TikTok Australia<\/a> general manager Lee Hunter, who was recruited from Google in June, has written to Australian politicians saying TikTok was \"being used as a political football\".

It was \"critical you understand that we are independent and not aligned with any government, political party or ideology\", the letter said, adding TikTok Australia's data was stored securely in Singapore and the United States.

Last week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appeared with an impersonator in a video posted on the highly popular social media app.
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TikTok在澳大利亚接受审查安全、数据问题

澳大利亚是审查的广受欢迎的中国TikTok平台风险可能对用户潜在的外国干涉和数据隐私问题,各地政府消息人士告诉路透。Bytedance旗下TikTok最近在澳大利亚开设了办事处。内政和司法部长办公室正在讨论TikTok的操作,消息人士说。

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更新于2020年7月21日08:36点坚持

悉尼:澳大利亚是广受欢迎的中国社交媒体TikTok平台对于任何风险可能造成潜在的外国干涉和各地的用户数据隐私问题,政府消息人士告诉路透。

Bytedance旗下TikTok最近几周在澳大利亚开设了办事处。内政和司法部长办公室正在讨论TikTok的操作,消息人士说。

总理Scott Morrison说,他的政府是“好看”在TikTok也下降在美国“国家安全风险”的审查。

“如果我们认为有必要采取进一步行动比我们现在,然后我可以告诉你我们不会害羞,”莫里森对墨尔本电台周五3哦。

另外,工党议员珍妮麦卡利斯特,议会的主席调查外国干涉通过社交媒体,已经确定TikTok需要进一步审查,指出160万年澳洲年轻人使用应用程序。

“其中一些方法调节内容可能不符合澳大利亚的价值观,”她告诉ABC电台。

对天安门广场“例如,去除材料,或deprioritising材料对香港抗议,”她补充道,指学生抗议活动于1989年在北京和香港的民主抗议活动在过去的一年。

的两个新澳大利亚TikTok操作的三位董事高管中国母公司ByteDance路透社看到的公司记录显示。

TikTok澳大利亚总经理李猎人,他招募了来自谷歌今年6月,写了澳大利亚政客说TikTok是“作为政治足球”。

“关键你明白我们是独立的,不与任何政府、政党或意识形态”,信中说,TikTok澳大利亚的数据安全地存储在新加坡和美国。

上周,新西兰总理Jacinda Ardern视频与一个替身出现在高度受欢迎的社交媒体应用程序。