class="Typography_base__k7c9F FixedHeader_desktopPrimaryContext__TOpED Typography_sizeMobile16__Wygfe Typography_lineHeightMobile24__xwyV0 Typography_regular__Aqp4p Typography_colourInherit__xnbjy" data-component="Text">Australia becomes the last nation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to block the app, following similar decisions by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. "Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil was awaiting a review on the potential for TikTok and other social media platforms to be used for foreign interference in government agencies — in the meantime, departments went their own way on deciding whether or not to ban their staff from using the app. "Tourism Australia said under the government's rules it was not covered by the TikTok ban and that its remit to market Australia internationally on social media channels meant it needed to remain on TikTok