Parliament shuts down TikTok account after MPs raise concerns app is ‘Chinese government spyware’ Campaign led by Wealden MP results in closure of account with video-sharing platform Credit: Solen Feyissa/CC BY-SA 2.0 The UK Parliament has shut down its TikTok account after MPs led a successful campaign warning of the security risks created by the likelihood of data being transferred to Chinese authorities. The video-sharing app and website is owned by Beijing-headquartered firm ByteDance, which developed the software behind it 10 years ago. After parliament recently created a TikTok account, a group of four MPs and two peers last week…