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UK leadership hopeful Truss says she wants clampdown on firms like TikTok

Published 25/07/2022, 21:59
Updated 25/07/2022, 22:05
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss attends a Conservative Party leadership campaign event in Marden, Britain, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss attends a Conservative Party leadership campaign event in Marden, Britain, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

© Reuters. Candidate Liz Truss takes part in the BBC Conservative party leadership debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Britain, July 25, 2022. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a Conservative Party leadership election, said on Monday she would crack down on Chinese-owned tech companies like TikTok if she wins.

"We absolutely should be cracking down on those types of companies," Truss said, when asked in a leadership debate on BBC television if she would be tough with Chinese tech companies.

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