TikTok Gone From Hong Kong App Stores as China Law Bites
- The viral video sensation is no longer available to download
- New law from China seen as threat to civil liberties
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ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is no longer available to download for either iPhones or Android devices in Hong Kong, exiting the market just days after the passage of a new national security law by Beijing.
The law grants sweeping powers for authorities to police online content and has drawn opposition from internet giants like Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. TikTok, which has been the subject of intensifying scrutiny from the U.S. over its relationship with the Chinese government, said on Tuesday that it would withdraw the app from Hong Kong in the coming days.