South Korea Launches A Security Investigation On TikTok After the U.S.

TikTok now faces similar problems in South Korea after the U.S. government blocked and marked it as a security threat. For security reasons, local authorities announced an investigation into the application. A few days ago, the KCC announced an investigation into TikTok, after Liberal Korea mp Song Hee-kyeoung issued a warning in October that the Chinese company may have mishandled personal information.
Song pointed out that certain user information collected by TikTok may be shared with the Chinese government.

According to a report from KoreaTimes, TikTok has 4 million users in South Korea, but currently, South Korean authorities have not imposed sanctions on the app or its parent company, Byte Dance.
A person familiar with the matter said earlier this month that Byte Dance was considering the possibility of selling TikTok, as more and more governments expressed concerns about the security issues with the application. But Byte Dance has stated in a recent statement that the legal issues that the app must deal with in multiple countries do not mean that they will sell TikTok.

Byte Dance has not issued a statement about the investigation initiated by South Korea.