Australia will announce this week a ban on using TikTok on public phones, Australian media reported on Monday, following the example of other countries that have banned a Chinese-owned video app for security reasons.

first minister, Anthony Albanese, agreed to ban the use of TikTok on all government devices after a review by the Home Office is completed, an Australian newspaper reported.

The state of Victoria will also ban the use of short videos on government phones, the paper said. Agereferring to a state representative who said that Victoria would follow the instructions of the federal government.

USA, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission has already banned the app on official devices for security reasons.

TikTok is coming under increasing scrutiny over concerns that user data from an app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance may end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests.

This was announced by the CEO of Tiktok Australia Lee Hunter. Age that the company was disappointed to learn of the ban through the media “despite our repeated suggestions to engage constructively with the government on this policy.”

“We insist that there is no evidence that TikTok poses a security risk to Australians and should not be treated differently from other social media platforms.”

Meanwhile, last week andPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador rules out social media ban Chinese-owned tik tak in the country, claiming that his government guarantees freedom of speech.

Executive President tik tak appeared last thursday before US lawmakers who are asking prohibition of use in the country, because they believe it is being used by China as a spy tool and offering content that could harm children’s mental health.