TikTok: Why do countries think Chinese tech firms are a security risk?

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TikTok: Why do countries think Chinese tech firms are a security risk?
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An increasing number of countries are putting curbs on TikTok and other Chinese technology firms.

The US and Dutch governments are restricting the export of semiconductors to China because of security fears over the country's development of supercomputing and AI technology.

Through companies such as Hikvision, China is the world's largest producer of security cameras. It is thought that that these could also be secretly feeding intelligence to China.

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