Australia’s federal Labor government has faced pressure over its slow response to TikTok, as it is the only Five Eyes government that has not issued a ban. The issue was raised in parliament by Special Minister of State, Don Farrell, who criticized the Coalition for failing to introduce and enforce laws to avoid risks associated with the social media app TikTok during its time in government. TikTok is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance Ltd. and has come under the spotlight, as other Five Eyes nations have all moved to increase measures to ensure their politicians and government departments who are active on the social media app are not at risk of having their data exposed or accessed by China’s ruling communist party. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neill is expected to recommend banning the app from all official government-issued devices after receiving a security report into TikTok. While many federal cabinet ministers, MPs, and premiers are currently using burner phones to run the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, any decision to have the app officially banned will have to go through the Attorney General’s office. Nearly 3.2 million Australians are currently active on the TikTok app.