"It would be an unfortunate thing if there was a safe version of TikTok in the United States, but a version of TikTok in Australia which was still controlled by a foreign authoritarian government, he told Murdoch's Sky News."
"The problem is not the ownership. The problem is the constant and intrusive surveillance of the user base. Users of a US-owned TikTok won't enjoy any more privacy than they did with a Chinese-owned TikTok, on account of the lack of meaningful regulation of social media companies, he said."
Australia faces a choice between TikTok operations remaining under Chinese owner ByteDance or a proposed U.S. takeover that would place control with a U.S. company supported by Trump-aligned billionaires. U.S. Congress passed a 2024 law requiring TikTok to sell to a U.S. company or face a ban, citing national security and privacy. The proposed deal would give U.S. board control and American control of TikTok's proprietary algorithm. Some Australian politicians urge switching to the U.S. version, while digital-rights advocates warn that pervasive surveillance stems from weak regulation, not ownership, so privacy risks remain.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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