TikTok may face UK government restrictions but unlikely to be blocked from setting up London office

Boris Johnson’s top advisers may impose restrictions on TikTok’s activities in the UK, but are likely to stop short of blocking plans by the Chinese-owned social media app to set up an international headquarters in London.A review led by the prime minister’s chief of staff Eddie Lister is likely to find the app does not pose as big a security threat as Huawei Technologies, but may still recommend the government stops the company from moving users’ data out of the country, said a person with…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3099019/tiktok-may-face-uk-government-restrictions-unlikely-be-blocked