FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
- TikTok said it will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told Reuters on late Monday, 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.
“In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a TikTok spokesman said in response to a Reuters question about its committment to the market. 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.
I saw many citizens there actually use douyin, so never mind
bait & switch! ByteDance owner of Tiktok will replace it with Duoyin its chinese version! ByteDance will never exit HongKong! don't be fooled!
Ban tiktok
DEER_ECHO_ Subtle
TikTok is no market in HK, no people to use in this city, especially youth, quit will be best choice!
Nooo! The world will lose millions of Tiktokers doing the same dammed video with the same song and same dance!!
Technology companies like Huawei are spy agents from the CCP . The world should ban Huawei and TikTok ! No one should live under the sensorship and surveillance of the CCP chinazi BoycottChineseProduct BoycottChina
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Let’s give the entire news: tiktok leaves hk but its Chinese version will still remain in hk. Here from Chinese state media:
im confused. so china passes the new law on hong kong, and now a chinese company says its exiting hong kong. is this good on tiktoks part?
deray No one should be using TikTok. Not safe
So, what does this mean to the data TikTok_US collects from American users? *THAT* is your next/should've-been-NOW article.
TikTok is being used to spy on the younger generation.
Less people to have its datas stolen
It should also exit the US sooner than later .
Good
After selling all the data and it has been replace by NSL. Their job is done. tiktok_us
So ByteDance made 2 short video sharing apps Douyin (mainland China) and TikTok (Hong Kong and rest of the world) now they are leaving Hong Kong as it may start being under Beijing’s jurisdiction effectively replacing TikTok with Douyin and still make money
Soon fb, Instagram, Google will exit. Weibo, baidu, wechat will be the only option for hongkong people. 😥
Good to note this. Chinese apps and its products should be banned across the world. for their contribution to the world first covid and seems next offering is on its way
People should use Signal instead..