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The data security concerns surrounding social media app TikTok

The leading video sharing app has been fined €345mn for breaching EU children’s data rules. Also banned from official devices in more than a dozen countries, the FT’s Cristina Criddle examines why TikTok and its Chinese owner present a dilemma for many governments and regulators.


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FT Channels, a partnership destination that combines impactful and enriching multimedia content to spark curiosity and encourage discovery. Each vertical brings expert insights from the Financial Times and our Partners into the most pressing issues of our time.


FT Tech is a video channel exploring emerging technologies in sectors from financial services, retail and utilities to energy, manufacturing, telecoms and healthcare. The channel combines independent reporting by FT journalists with expert insights from next generation digital service provider, Infosys.