TikTok said it would exit the Hong Kong market in a few days, a spokesperson told Reuters on Monday while other tech companies, including Facebook Inc, have suspended processing government requests for user data In the region.
The short form video app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance made the decision to leave the region after China implemented a new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.
“In light of recent events, we have decided to stop the TikTok app’s operations in Hong Kong,” said a TikTok spokesperson in response to a question from Reuters about its market engagement.
The company, now run by former Walt Disney Co chief Kevin Mayer, has said in the past that the app’s user data is not stored in China.
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