Calls to ban TikTok in Australia are growing in response to concerns it is harvesting unnecessary amounts of information.

The social media platform has access to a high amount of personal data not required to make the app work.

EFTM.com Editor Trevor Long said he doesn’t see the app being banned but sees a lot of conversations about how to “crackdown” on the social media platform.

“The concern here is that the TikTok app itself, specifically on Android phones … is asking for permissions just a little bit beyond what anyone would normally need,” he told Sky News Australia.

“In the end, it’s a Chinese app, there’s no scooting around that, and if that’s the kind of thing that worries you, it’s not a platform to be on.”