As a result of concerns that the app’s security has been broken and that China may utilize the platform for external intervention, the Australian government has banned TikTok from being used on government-owned smartphones.

After the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand made similar verdicts to block the app, Australia becomes the final member of the Five Eyes intelligence partnership to do so.

Mark Dreyfus, the attorney general, stated that the prohibition would go into force “as soon as practicable.” Exemptions, he stressed, would be granted on an individual basis.

“After receiving advice from intelligence and security agencies, today I authorized the secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to issue a compulsory direction under the Protective Security Policy Framework to prohibit the TikTok app on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies,” he said in a statement, ABC reported.

The Victorian and ACT governments confirmed to the outlet that an imminent ban was expected.