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China denied Saturday to have demanded companies that they transmit data to it after Tiktok was sentenced to a heavy fine for its management of the personal data of Europeans.
The social media giant was sentenced on Friday to pay 530 million euros for transferred user data from Europe to China and not have guaranteed their protection against their access by the Chinese authorities.
This fine was pronounced by the Irish data protection authority (DPC), which acts on behalf of the EU because the European headquarters of Tiktok, like that of most tech giants, is found in Ireland.
The authority estimated that the Chinese platform had not managed to “demonstrate that the personal data” of Europeans, “accessible remotely by its staff in China”, benefit in this country from a level of protection equivalent to that of the European Union.
Tiktok has announced its intention to appeal the decision.
EU data transfer to China: Tiktok sentenced to 530 million euros
Surveillance in many countries
After this fine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Beijing “never demanded and will never require companies or individuals that they collect or store data by illegal means”.
-He also called on the EU and Ireland to “offer a fair, fair and non -discriminatory commercial environment to companies in all countries”.
Tiktok is a division of the Chinese technological company bytedance.
The company has been monitored in many countries, fearing that the Chinese government would only access the data from its users and that the platform contributes to disseminating false information.
Several countries have prohibited the platform for variable durations, notably Pakistan, Nepal and France on the territory of New Caledonia.
The fine inflicted on Friday is expected to increase pressure on the social network in the United States.
The US Congress adopted a law in 2024 forcing Bytedance to yield control of Tiktok to the United States, under penalty of being banished from the country. President Donald Trump has repeatedly postponed the deadline set for the sale of the social network, which has 170 million American users.
This last deadline expires on June 19. Beijing has always denied access to business data with activities abroad and claims to respect local laws.
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