TikTok is beginning to feel the sting of political and regulatory pressure in Europe, where the Chinese-owned app has evaded the scrutiny it's faced in the U.S.
"TikTok's success is the result of a European policy failure," Moritz Korner, a member of the European Parliament for Germany's Free Democratic Party, told CNBC via email.Korner has been calling on the European Commission to pressure data protection authorities into taking action against TikTokHe is worried the platform poses "several unacceptable risks for European users," including "data access by Chinese authorities, censorship, [and] tracking of journalists.
The DSA, which was approved last year, is yet to be applied in Europe. EU officials are pressuring tech giants of all stripes to get their houses in order before a Sep. 1 deadline, including TikTok. This was a concern back when the U.S. was pressuring allies to ban Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, in 2019. Addressing the National Intelligence Law in a 2019 press conference, a Chinese government spokesperson said intelligence work should be done "according to law" and urged people to "not take anything out of context."TikTok has admitted
The firm nonetheless says it is committed to creating a robust system for processing the data of Europeans within Europe.
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