WASHINGTON/MANILA — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday there was no evidence that Chinese-owned TikTok had abused the data of its hundreds of millions of users. Related Stories No plan to ban TikTok in Philippines — Roque“There are plenty of things that are on TikTok that are embarrassing enough in public, but it's that sort of social media device,” he said via videoconference, chuckling. However, he said, Australians need to be “very aware” that TikTok and other social media platforms, including US-owned companies, reap enormous amounts of information on users and subscribers. In the Philippines, home to some of the world’s most active social media users, the government said it is unlikely to follow efforts to ban TikTok. “There is such a degree of political intervention -- government intervention -- into the market, there is such discrimination against Chinese companies, and these companies are just private companies,” he said.

Source: Philippine Star August 05, 2020 00:11 UTC