Dow Jones Newswires: China’s commerce ministry calls Australia’s TikTok ban ‘discriminatory’

Dow Jones Newswires

Published: April 6, 2023 at 11:06 p.m. ET

China’s commerce ministry on Friday called Canberra’s move to ban video-sharing app TikTok on government devices “discriminatory,” saying that it will hurt global confidence in Australia’s business environment.

The remarks come after Australia announced the ban earlier this week in the wake of the U.S. and other intelligence-sharing allies taking similar steps against Beijing-based TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd.

“We…