The UK parliament shut down TikTok accounts on Wednesday, launched in trial mode and aimed at reaching a young audience, following concerns expressed by several deputies about data security on the China-based company’s social network. .
“Following comments from members of” parliament, “we are closing the pilot account tik tok parliament earlier than planned,” said a spokesman for the agency.
Account content, launched with the aim of reaching a young audience, has been deleted.
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legislator Approved by Beijing for calling the Chinese government’s treatment of the Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang “genocide” protesting the opening of this account in a letter sent to speakers of both houses of parliament and disclosed by the Politico website.
TikTok parent company, ByteDance, based in China, where social networks are not available.
Access to personal data
“The prospect that the regime Xi Jinping accessing personal data from our children’s phones is a matter of great concern,” they wrote.
One of the heads of social networks in Europe, Theo Bertham, assured lawmakers last month that TikTok had “never” been asked to make user data public. chinese government and that the platform will refuse such a request.
A company spokesperson expressed disappointment with the decision British Parliament, noted that he missed the opportunity to connect “with the millions of users who use TikTok in the UK”.
He also reiterated his proposal to “reassure the members of Parliament who have expressed concern and clarify” inaccuracies on our platform.
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