Japan Ruling Party Group to Analyze Risks of Chinese Apps
- LDP tax chief Amari wants app users to be aware of risks
- Data-harvesting has prompted U.S. to threaten ban on TikTok
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A Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party group is set to probe the risks associated with Chinese-developed apps amid concerns about data security among several leading democracies, its leader said Tuesday.
Akira Amari, the group’s top official and the LDP’s tax panel chief, told reporters the time had come to consider what effect software was having on national security, adding that the U.S. was urging other countries to look at the issue from the same perspective. Rather than a “top down” decree on apps such as TikTok, Amari said he wanted users to be aware of the risks entailed.