Taiwan should regulate TikTokBy Roger Wu 吳哲文As next year’s presidential election gets closer, there are increasing concerns in Taiwan regarding the issue of election interference by China. These users regard TikTok as a source of news, information and entertainment, with other Chinese apps like Xiaohongshu becoming main amusement sources in people’s daily lives. TikTok and Douyin even pose a threat to national security and privacy due to loopholes in data security. If Beijing is capable of doing this, who can ensure that it would not use TikTok as a tool, waging a larger scale of public opinion warfare against Taiwan? Furthermore, the controversy over the draft digital intermediary service act has meant that the government has had to shelve it, missing the opportunity of regulating Chinese apps such as TikTok.

Source: Taipei Times July 22, 2023 21:55 UTC