Security News > 2022 > August > UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears
The UK's Parliament has ended its presence on TikTok after MPs pointed out the made-in-China social media service probably sends data about its users back to Beijing.
The existence of the account saw half a dozen MPs write to the presiding officers of the Houses of Lords and Commons - Lord McFall of Alcluith and Sir Lindsay Hoyle, respectively - to ask for the account to be discontinued.
The signatories pointed out that TikTok itself has talked back its own claims that data describing users outside China are never viewed inside the Middle Kingdom.
The letter also points out that Chinese law allows Beijing to compel local companies to produce data - possibly even data on the UK youth who turn to TikTok for a super-hip selfies-and-civics lesson.
The account's cancelation comes just weeks after TikTok USA made Oracle Cloud its default storage destination and TikTok's head of security resigned because his mission had been accomplished.
Ironically, has Meta: Mark Zuckerberg's social media conglomerate recently told investors that TikTok is one of several factors impacting its revenue and growth prospects.