

The app is already the subject of two investigations by Ireland's data protection regulator over alleged transfers of user data to China that may breach the country's laws, as well as possible violations of children's privacy.

Wide-ranging EU data protection laws, stricter than anything on the books in the U.S., for instance, could pose increasing challenges for TikTok bosses on the continent. European legislators have also voiced increasing concern about the app's data policies and its influence on young people, and as CBS News' Emmet Lyons reported, Europe's regulators may have more potent legal weapons at their disposal to challenge the company than some of their international counterparts.
