TechnologyKobe makes TikTok account private over security concerns
Zoo animal videos off limits as residents of Japanese city fret over Chinese app
The city of Kobe, in western Japan, said some residents have raised security concerns over its use of Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. © Reuters
KOBE, Japan -- The western Japanese city of Kobe has made its official TikTok account private amid growing security concerns, Nikkei has learned, in a sign of how the U.S. crackdown on the Chinese owner of the popular video-sharing app is rippling across the world.