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TikTok among platforms likely to be hit by Japanese telecom ministry's new data-security rules

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( September 30, 2022, 08:35 GMT | Insight) -- China-based video-sharing app TikTok is likely to be among the social-media platforms and search-service providers to face new data-protection and security measures under Japan’s recently amended telecom law, MLex has learned. Together with Twitter, Meta’s Facebook, Google and Yahoo Japan, these Big Tech companies are likely to be required to take data-security measures against data breaches and cyberattacks, according to proposed implementation rules that were disclosed recently by the communications ministry.China-based video-sharing app TikTok is likely to be among the social-media platforms and search-service providers to face new data-protection and security measures under Japan’s recently amended telecom law, MLex has learned....

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