Taiwan's government has opened a probe into Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on suspicion of illegally operating a subsidiary on the island, though the company's owner denied the accusation.
on concerns about China getting access to users' personal data, which the company denies.
The Mainland Affairs Council, responding to that report, said the Cabinet's working group had discovered that there was indeed a suspected breach of the law, and legal authorities were investigating. "The company has not established any legal entities in Taiwan," it said in an emailed statement to Reuters, without elaborating.
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