TikTok, the viral Chinese video app, has said it will quit Hong Kong following Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law that has sparked fears over access to user data in the city. The move by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, came as Microsoft became the latest US tech group to push back against the new restrictions in the semi-autonomous territory. TikTok, whose decision to quit the Hong Kong market was first reported by Reuters, said in a statement that it had decided to stop operations “in light of recent events”. Read More...
TikTok, the viral Chinese video app, has said it will quit Hong Kong following Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law that has sparked fears over access to user data in the city. The move by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, came as Microsoft became the latest US tech group to push back against the new restrictions in the semi-autonomous territory. TikTok, whose decision to quit the Hong Kong market was first reported by Reuters, said in a statement that it had decided to stop operations “in light of recent events”.
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