Lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have decided to push for steps to restrict the use of Chinese-owned video app TikTok, concerned that user data may end up in the hands of the Chinese government, public broadcaster NHK said. TikTok, owned by Beijing ByteDance Technology Co, is facing scrutiny in the United States over concerns that China could force the company to turn over its user data. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said this month action was imminent to address national security risks posed by TikTok. TikTok has said that it has never provided user data to China and that it would not do so if asked. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chang-ran Kim; Editing by Edwina Gibbs and Gareth Jones)

Source: The Star July 29, 2020 12:56 UTC