UK Parliament shuts TikTok account over China concerns

clock • 3 min read
Politicians and security experts have raised concerns over TikTok's treatment of user data for years
Image:

Politicians and security experts have raised concerns over TikTok's treatment of user data for years

The account only lasted a week.

The UK Parliament has closed its TikTok account, after a group of MPs and peers voiced concerns about the platform's links to the Chinese Communist Party and its treatment of user data. TikTok, ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Senior UK MPs call for action on TikTok ownership as national security concern

Government

Senior UK MPs call for action on TikTok ownership as national security concern

Meanwhile US Congress urged to consider broader privacy regulation across all social media platforms

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
US House passes bill paving the way for TikTok ban

Social Networking

US House passes bill paving the way for TikTok ban

Rumble reveals intention to purchase TikTok, but Oracle remains absent from the fray

clock 14 March 2024 • 3 min read
'Open source must be part of AI future', Lords committee

Government

'Open source must be part of AI future', Lords committee

Open source is 'a key part of what UK businesses need to compete and thrive' says Baroness Stowell

clock 08 February 2024 • 4 min read
Author spotlight

Dev Kundaliya

View profile
More from Dev Kundaliya

Meta unveils its latest large language model Llama 3

EU watchdog rejects Meta's 'pay for privacy' attempt

Sign up to our newsletter

The best news, stories, features and photos from the day in one perfectly formed email.

Get the newsletter

More on Threats and Risks

Hackers launch brute-force attacks on business VPNs and more
Threats and Risks

Hackers launch brute-force attacks on business VPNs and more

The attacks rely on trial-and-error attempts to crack login credentials

Dev Kundaliya
clock 18 April 2024 • 2 min read
Palo Alto Networks patches 'critical' vulnerability under active exploitation
Threats and Risks

Palo Alto Networks patches 'critical' vulnerability under active exploitation

Volexity says a ‘spike in exploitation’ is likely

Kyle Alspach
clock 16 April 2024 • 2 min read
CISA issues emergency order on Microsoft breach by Russian hackers
Threats and Risks

CISA issues emergency order on Microsoft breach by Russian hackers

Affected bodies must take immediate action, agency says

Kyle Alspach
clock 12 April 2024 • 2 min read