Australian Businesses Consider Banning TikTok in Workplace

Australian Businesses Consider Banning TikTok in Workplace
TikTok logo on an iPhone in London on Feb. 28, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Nearly half of Australia’s IT policymakers believe we should ban smartphone apps in the workplace, including restricting the Chinese social media app TikTok to protect sensitive business data, according to a new survey.

Many of these bans could extend to employees’ personal phones, with around 40 percent of managers considering restrictions on all devices used in the workplace, a survey by Canadian software company BlackBerry has found.

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