Albanese government must be 'transparent' about shelved TikTok review, opposition says
A highly sensitive review into TikTok, which was handed to the Australian government 12 months ago, is again in the spotlight.
The federal opposition is urging the Albanese government to respond to a high-level review into TikTok that it has been sitting on for a year, after a bill was passed by the United States’ lower house this week that could ban the popular video sharing platform.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil received a highly sensitive review into TikTok’s data harvesting and censorship practices from her department around March last year.
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson told Capital Brief it was “deeply concerning” that the government has not responded to the review, adding the government “has an obligation to the Australian people to be open and transparent about the review’s findings and to respond accordingly”.
“The details of the review are no doubt sensitive, so if an unclassified version of the review cannot be released then at the very least Clare O’Neil should publicly address the findings of the review and explain what actions the government is taking as a result,” he said.
