The social media platform TikTok has been in American lawmakers' crosshairs for months, and now, the sentiment is spreading across the Atlantic.
The social media platform TikTok has been in American lawmakers' crosshairs for months, and the sentiment is spreading across the Atlantic. European legislators are voicing increasing concern about the Chinese-owned app's data policies and its, and Europe's regulators may have more potent legal weapons at their disposal to challenge the company.
German Member of the European Parliament Moritz Körner has been pushing EU regulators to get tough on TikTok for years. "To be clear: If you do business here and earn a lot of money with it, you must also comply with applicable law. Otherwise, there is no room for the company here," he said. Responding to the concerns voiced by European officials, a TikTok spokesperson told CBS News in an email that the company had responded to the ban in the U.S. by putting together"a comprehensive package of measures with layers of government and independent oversight to ensure that there are no backdoors into TikTok that could be used to manipulate the platform."
It was in this context that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew flew last week to Brussels. The head of the social media outlet was on a charm offensive, trying to assuage concerns, but high-level European policy chiefs sent him home with stark warnings.
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