Apple under pressure to act after TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong
by Helen Davidson and Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#55ERE)
Social media firms react to sweeping new national security legislation imposed by China
TikTok is to withdraw from Hong Kong app stores and Zoom will stop complying with city authorities' data requests as technology companies react to the sweeping new national security laws imposed on the city by Beijing.
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Google and Telegram have already said they are pausing" cooperation with requests for user information, putting pressure on Apple, which says it is assessing" the new law, to do the same.
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