China widens probe beyond Didi Global to exert control over online data

China expanded a cybersecurity probe beyond Didi Global Inc. to include two other recent U.S. debutantes, moving with surprising swiftness to tighten its control over internet data in the interests of national security.
 

Beijing’s latest effort to rein in its top online companies unfolded swiftly over the weekend. Late on Friday, the top internet regulator said it was starting a cybersecurity review of the ride-hailing giant and later ordered app stores to remove its services from their platforms, dealing a major blow to the company just days after it pulled off one of the largest U.S. IPOs of the past