TikTok Faces 2nd Probe by EU Watchdog Over China Data Transfers

The video-sharing app was fined $620 million in May for transferring European users’ personal data to China, a ruling the company is appealing.

A man holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Chinese social media platform Tiktok in an office in Paris on April 19, 2024. Antonin Utz/AFP via Getty Images

Popular video-sharing app TikTok is under a fresh investigation by its main regulator in the European Union over data storage in China.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced in a statement on July 10 that it is investigating TikTok’s transfer of European users’ data to servers within China.