Ứng dụng TikTok dừng hoạt động tại Hồng Kông

Video sharing service TikTok says it is ending operations in Hong Kong after the enactment of a new national security law.

Dịch vụ chia sẻ video TikTok cho biết mình sẽ dừng hoạt động tại Hồng Kông sau khi luật an ninh quốc gia mới có hiệu lực.

The decision by Chinese-owned TikTok comes after other major internet companies announced they had suspended processing any new requests for user data from Hong Kong’s government.

Quyết định bởi ứng dụng TikTok đến từ Trung Quốc này đưa ra sau khi các công ty internet lớn tuyên bố họ đã ngừng bất cứ yêu cầu mới nào cho dữ liệu người dùng

The companies include Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Telegram and Zoom. They said the suspensions would remain while they study the new law, which took effect last week.

 

The law reduces Hong Kong’s self-governing autonomy and makes it easier to punish protesters. There is a punishment of life imprisonment for the crimes of secession, terrorism and aiding foreign forces.

 

Under the “one country, two systems” rule, Hong Kong was guaranteed the right to its own social, legal and political systems for 50 years following the end of British rule in 1997.

 

Some observers, however, say China’s ruling Communist Party has ignored that agreement by forcing the passage of unpopular laws. Critics see the new national security law as an attempt by China to reduce individual rights and freedoms in Hong Kong.

 

The new law gives police powers to control and remove online information if “reasonable grounds” are found to suspect that the data might violate national security rules.

 

American-based social media services like Facebook and Twitter are generally banned in China. But most have operated freely in Hong Kong. The companies are now considering how to operate under the new national security law.

 

TikTok said in a statement it decided to immediately halt its operations in Hong Kong “in light of recent events.”

 

The Chinese company ByteDance owns TikTok. The app is hugely popular in the United States and many other countries, especially among young people. TikTok only operates outside of mainland China. But ByteDance runs a similar video-sharing service for inside China.

 

Some U.S. officials have raised national security concerns about TikTok. Lawmakers have warned that TikTok could be misusing private data. They have also expressed concerns about laws requiring Chinese companies … Read the rest

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