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TikTok to exit Hong Kong market within days over new national security law

TikTok has also said previously that it would not comply with any requests made by the Chinese government to censor content or for access to TikTok's user data

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TikTok was designed so it could not be accessed by mainland China. That was part of a strategy to appeal to a more global audience.

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TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told Reuters late on Monday, as other technology companies including Facebook Inc have suspended processing government requests for user data in the region.
The short form video app owned by China-based ByteDance has made the decision to exit the region following China's establishment of a sweeping new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.
"In light of recent events, we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong," a TikTok spokesman said in response to a Reuters question about its commitment to the market.
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