No plans for TikTok ban in Australia despite US moves

Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok is one of the world's fastest-growing platforms. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)

To the relief of Australian teenagers and TikTok, the government has no plans to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform despite growing national security concerns in the US.

The short-form video app, owned by ByteDance, is one of the fastest growing platforms in the world with more than 170 million American users.