TikTok Faces Government Restrictions on U.K. Expansion Drive
By Kitty Donaldson, Katharine Gemmell and Nate Lanxon
Aug. 26, 2020, 5:00 PM
Boris Johnson’s top advisers may impose restrictions on TikTok’s activities in the U.K., 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 doesn’t pose as big a security threat as Huawei Technologies Co., but may still recommend the government stops the company from moving users’ data out of the country, said a person with knowledge of the discussions who asked not to be identified because the ...