Taiwan probes TikTok unit for 'illegal operations'

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 20, 2022 1:15 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan has launched a probe into an allegedly illegal subsidiary set up by TikTok on the self-ruling island as it warned the Chinese-owned social media app was a security risk.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top China policymaking body, said the Cabinet had requested a multiagency investigation during a meeting on security issues posed by TikTok earlier this month.

SECURITY RISK? TikTok’s logo is seen on a mobile phone in Boston, Massachusetts on Oct. 14, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO

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