The Chinese social media app Tik Tok is “as much of a threat” to Britain as Huawei, senior Conservative MPs have warned. Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader, said he thought that the service should be banned because of its proximity to “Chinese intelligence services”. “There are real serious concerns, as big as with Huawei, over the role that they play,” he said. “Tik Tok is the product of a company called ByteDance which has roots everywhere at the moment, a bit like Huawei. Everybody is now reviewing the company.”Tom Tugendhat, the Tory chairman of the foreign affairs committee, said: “Democratic nations need to be more aware of the partners they’re working with and the reputations they have

Source: The Times July 19, 2020 23:04 UTC