Social media app TikTok announced Monday night that it is pulling out of Hong Kong entirely in response to draconian new security laws imposed on the city by the mainland government.
“In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” the company said in a statement provided to Axios.
The new law, enacted last weekย an hour before the 23rd anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese control, effectively ends the special legal status the city has enjoyed since 1997 under the “one country, two systems” policy.