This follow similar moves by other countries in barring the Chinese-owned app on security concerns

Australia is set to announce it will ban social media platform TikTok on government devices.

This follow similar moves by other countries in barring the Chinese-owned app on security concerns.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has agreed to a government-wide ban of TikTok, after a review was completed by the Home Affairs Department into the app.

TikTok has come under scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app, could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.

“We stress that there is no evidence to suggest that TikTok is in any way a security risk to Australians and should not be treated differently to other social media platforms,” said Tiktok Australia general manager Lee Hunter.

The United States, Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission have already banned the app from official devices over security concerns.