Kobe makes TikTok account private over security concerns

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The city of Kobe, in western Japan, said some residents have raised security concerns over its use of Chinese video-sharing app TikTok.  © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

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.

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