Australia isn’t the first country to ban TikTok from government devices.

In fact, all of our closest allies have already taken steps to keep the app away from government secrets.

So how justified are these fears? Is the next step a forced sale? Or even a total ban?

Today, associate editor of The Saturday Paper Marty McKenzie-Murray, on how the company behind TikTok learned to walk the party line.

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Guest: Associate editor of The Saturday Paper Marty McKenzie-Murray

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