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Australia needs a cybersecurity overhaul—not whack-a-mole bans on apps like TikTok
Posted By Lyria Bennett Moses on April 17, 2023 @ 12:00
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[1] announcing a ban: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/tiktok-ban-australian-government-devices/102183478
[2] following suit: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/chris-minns-announces-tiktok-ban-on-nsw-government-devices/ar-AA19wid0
[3] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
[4] ByteDance: https://www.bytedance.com/en/
[5] stored: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/07/why-banning-tiktok-in-australia-isnt-a-straightforward-solution/
[6] privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en
[7] national intelligence law: https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/national-intelligence-law-of-the-p-r-c-2017/
[8] denies it would hand over data: https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-china-west-europe-ban-app-espionage-surveillance/
[9] has been accessed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access
[10] censored: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49826155
[11] their use of TikTok on personal devices: https://www.smh.com.au/cbd/naughty-naughty-which-mps-are-active-on-tiktok-despite-government-ban-20230410-p5czdv.html
[12] has run: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/russias-prigozhin-admits-interfering-us-elections-2022-11-07/
[13] platforms: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46590890
[14] notes: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/national-security/countering-foreign-interference
[15] developing: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/cyber-security/strategy/2023-2030-australian-cyber-security-strategy
[16] one put in place by the previous government: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/cyber-security/strategy/australias-cyber-security-strategy-2020
[17] discussion paper: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-pubs/files/2023-2030_australian_cyber_security_strategy_discussion_paper.pdf
[18] Home Affairs emphasises: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/national-security/countering-foreign-interference#:%7E:text=It%2520is%2520important%2520to%2520understand%2520the%2520difference%2520between,by%252C%2520or%2520on%2520behalf%2520of%2520a%2520foreign%2520actor
[19] review: https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/publications/privacy-act-review-report
[20] Privacy Act: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2022C00361
[21] online privacy: https://consultations.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/online-privacy-bill-exposure-draft/
[22] digital platform services: https://www.accc.gov.au/inquiries-and-consultations/digital-platform-services-inquiry-2020-25
[23] the influence of international digital platforms: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/Digitalplatforms
[24] electronic surveillance: https://www.ag.gov.au/crime/publications/reform-australias-electronic-surveillance-framework-discussion-paper
[25] digital economy regulation: https://consult.industry.gov.au/automated-decision-making-ai-regulation-issues-paper
[26] resolved: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N21/075/86/PDF/N2107586.pdf?OpenElement
[27] open: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/8/1581/files/2017/08/Schmitt_Grey-Areas-in-the-International-Law-of-Cyberspace-1cab8kj.pdf