- Title: TikTok says it will exit Hong Kong market within days
- Date: 7th July 2020
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JULY 7, 2020) (REUTERS) LAPTOP SCREEN SHOWING TIKTOK WEBSITE VARIOUS OF SCREEN SHOWING TIKTOK WEBSITE SCREEN SHOWING PRESS RELEASE ON TIKTOK WEBSITE ABOUT TIKTOK'S SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY ROADMAP SCRREN SHOWING LOGO OF TIKTOK
- Embargoed: 21st July 2020 07:30
- Keywords: Bytedance China Hong Kong Mike Pompeo Tiktok national security law social media apps the United States
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001CLT6O1Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:TikTok said it will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told Reuters late on Monday (July 6), as other technology companies including Facebook Inc have suspended processing government requests for user data in the region.
The short form video app owned by China-based ByteDance has made the decision to exit the region following China's establishment of a sweeping new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.
Late on Monday, the U.S. secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.
U.S. lawmakers have raised national security concerns over TikTok's handling of user data, saying they were worried about Chinese laws requiring domestic companies "to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party."
The company, now run by former Walt Disney Co executive Kevin Mayer, has said in the past that the app's user data is not stored in China.
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