Viral video app TikTok says that it is ceasing operations in Hong Kong.
“In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a TikTok spokesperson told Business Insider.
China last week unilaterally passed a new national security law for Hong Kong, a move that experts say further erodes the city’s waning freedoms. The new law has already been used to arrest at least ten pro-democracy protesters.
TikTok, one of the most downloaded apps in the world, is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
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