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TikTok and social media data collection a concern, says cyber minister
Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil has warned Australians about giving up personal information to social media companies.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- China relations
Liberal warriors don’t want a China reset
There are some on the right who thrive on the tension. And they insist that the breakdown is all Beijing’s fault.
- Craig Emerson
Zelensky fires security chiefs over ‘treasonous’ activities
The head of Ukraine’s security services and its prosecutor general were sacked after scores of government staff were accused of working with Russian forces.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan and Praveena Somasundaram
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
TikTok’s ‘alarming’, ‘excessive’ data collection revealed
The viral video-app checks device location at least once an hour, continuously requests access to contacts, maps a device’s running apps and all installed apps, and more.
- Max Mason
This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Productivity will keep our 2020s jobs miracle alive
The last time the jobs picture looked this good, a long inflation outbreak was coming with it. We can do much better than that.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- China relations
What is Australia’s plan B for China?
The US may not win, and China may not be easily appeased either. We need more eggs in more baskets.
- Ben Scott
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
CEO starts Australia’s first charity devoted to Ukraine war victims
BetaShares founder Alex Vynokur was born in Ukraine and has been putting his considerable business skills to use, setting up the United Ukraine Appeal.
- Aleks Vickovich
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
TikTok’s privacy ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with Australia
TikTok is coming under renewed pressure after the admission that Australian user data can be accessed by its China employees.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Social media
Australia’s TikTok data vulnerable to access by China staff
TikTok says its US-based security team oversees a strict approval process for access to Australian user data by employees across the world, including in China.
- Max Mason
Ukraine braces for fresh Russian assault
Ukraine officials said intense shelling across the country amounted to preparations for an intensification of Russian hostilities in the war, now in its fifth month.
- Michael Perry
- Opinion
- China relations
Don’t be fooled by China’s wolf warriors in sheep’s clothing
Rather than a real correction, Beijing is just using a new government in Canberra to recalibrate its aggressive approach.
- James Carouso
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Albanese government no soft touch under China’s one-way pressure
The reality is that it is not what Beijing says, but how it acts, that is shaping the government’s early foreign policy forays.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
China offers a first step, but hostilities remain on both sides
Despite the meeting between China and Australia’s foreign ministers in Bali, the Labor government will largely continue the approach of the Morrison government towards China - minus the more excitable rhetoric.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
In reality, NATO hasn’t got Australia’s back against China
America’s renewed focus on Europe will only make it harder for Washington to juggle demands in both theatres. Asian allies will already be worrying privately about an America again being distracted.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Welcome steps towards dialogue with Beijing
It may be a thaw with no particular warmth yet, but Australia-China diplomacy can move back to the diplomatic virtues of pragmatism and dialogue.
- The AFR View
Collaery may chase costs after four-year legal battle over spy case
Former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery may apply for costs after his prosecution was dropped.
- Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- Pacific diplomacy
As West points finger at China, we’d like to ask: What’s your move?
When it comes to wielding influence in the Solomon Islands, Australia has a powerful tool that China doesn’t have.
- Dorothy Wickham
Ardern’s Sydney speech ‘will go down well with Beijing’
New Zealand’s prime minister made conciliatory remarks towards China, her country’s biggest trading partner, over its diplomatic support for Russia.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- NATO
Ukraine conflict keeps NATO’s focus close to home
What the new Strategic Concept unveiled in Madrid will mean for Australia and the Indo-Pacific will largely depend on security developments in Europe.
- Gorana Grgic
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Albanese must be a global prime minister
Since we developed our own foreign policies after World War II, we have never been lazy as international players – but we always tended to run out of puff.
- John McCarthy
