{"id":39437,"date":"2020-07-07T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2639684"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:20:00","slug":"tiktok-pulls-out-of-hong-kong-due-to-new-security-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/tiktok-pulls-out-of-hong-kong-due-to-new-security-law\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong due to new security law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Pompeo says US &lsquo;certainly looking at&rsquo; banning TikTok<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/RfPb_CNj66rEwt90NJy6NnC50UQ=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1200x800\/filters:focal(857x517:1183x843)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67024482\/acastro_190402_3308_Guide_TikTok_0001.0.jpg\" width=\"657\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"zMelLa\">TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted a new national security law granting expanded powers to the mainland Chinese government. &ldquo;In light of recent events, we&rsquo;ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,&rdquo; a spokesperson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/tiktok-to-pull-out-of-hong-kong-e253eb02-69e9-4abb-a5c2-28ffa196a9a0.html\">tells&nbsp;<em>Axios<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4xdxAc\">Global tech companies operating in Hong Kong have expressed concern that the new law could force them to comply with China&rsquo;s draconian censorship standards and possibly send user data to the mainland. Google, Facebook, and Twitter have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/6\/21314900\/google-facebook-twitter-hong-kong-government-data-china\">already stopped<\/a>&nbsp;processing requests for user data from the Hong Kong government.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"DWs0SK\">\n<div class=\"c-read-more\">\n<p class=\"c-read-more__intro\">RELATED<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/7\/2\/21309902\/china-national-security-law-hong-kong-protests-us-sanctions\" data-analytics-link=\"readmore\">China&rsquo;s new national security law and what it means for Hong Kong&rsquo;s future, explained<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"XBB9bE\">TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a major Chinese internet company. But it has been at pains to differentiate the Western app from its parent and Douyin, the Chinese version of the platform. While TikTok has long argued that it never shares data with the Chinese government, the new Hong Kong law would likely have undermined the company&rsquo;s case if it continued to operate in the region.<\/p>\n<p id=\"o6oYJa\">TikTok continues to face scrutiny in the US and beyond. Tonight, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rover829\/status\/1280341005451948032\">told Fox<\/a>&nbsp;that the government is &ldquo;certainly looking at&rdquo; banning TikTok and various other Chinese social media apps. TikTok was also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/29\/21307014\/india-ban-tiktok-wechat-china-apps\">banned in India<\/a>&nbsp;last week alongside dozens of other Chinese apps amid increased tensions between the countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/6\/21314900\/google-facebook-twitter-hong-kong-government-data-china\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/6\/21314900\/google-facebook-twitter-hong-kong-government-data-china<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> Sam Byford<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> Sam Byford<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Pompeo says US &lsquo;certainly looking at&rsquo; banning TikTok TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted a new national security law granting expanded powers to the mainland Chinese government. &ldquo;In light of recent events, we&rsquo;ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,&rdquo; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/07\/tiktok-pulls-out-of-hong-kong-due-to-new-security-law\/\">Continue reading <span>TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong due to new security law<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/tiktok-pulls-out-of-hong-kong-due-to-new-security-law\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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