TikTok’s Withdrawal From Russia Is More About Pleasing Western Market: Expert

TikTok’s Withdrawal From Russia Is More About Pleasing Western Market: Expert
The TikTok app is displayed in the App Store on an Apple iPhone in Washington on Aug. 7, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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A recent pause of TikTok’s services in Russia is more to please the West rather than driven by safety concerns for its users, China experts have flagged.

Chinese-owned TikTok said on March 6 that it would suspend live-streaming and the uploading of videos to its platform in Russia, fearing that the Kremlin will criminalize it for spreading information about its invasion of Ukraine.

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