EU tells TikTok to respect data laws as CEO visits
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The European Union warned Chinese-owned online giant TikTok on Tuesday to respect EU law and ensure the safety of European users' data.
The European Union warned Chinese-owned online giant TikTok on Tuesday to respect EU law and ensure the safety of European users' data, as the video-sharing app's CEO met top officials in Brussels.TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is Chinese, has come under fierce Western scrutiny in recent months amid concerns over how much access Beijing has to user data. TiKTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew held talks for the first time with EU vice-presidents Margrethe Vestager and Vera Jourova, the bloc's home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson and justice commissioner Didier Reynders. "I count on TikTok to fully execute its commitments to go the extr...