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TikTok will open a $ 500 million information center in Ireland

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ThepopularsocialnetworkandapplicationTikTokhasannounceditsintentiontobuildalargedatacenterinIreland: thecostoftheprojectisestimatedat $ 500million.

ThiswasreportedbyUkrinformwithreferencetotheBBC.

ThisIrishcenterwillstorevideos, messagesandotherdatacreatedbyEuropeanTikTokusers.

Itshouldbenotedthatuntilnow, thissocialnetworkstoredthedataofitsusersintheUnitedStates, andtheirbackups – inSingapore.



ThedecisiontoopenastoragecenterinIrelandcamejustafterUSPresidentDonaldTrumpthreatenedtobanTikTokinthecountry. DuetothefactthattheChineseoriginofthepropertyofthisapplicationandsocialnetworksposeadangertotheUnitedStatesanditsnationalinterests.

Inturn, theChinesecompanyBytedance, whosesubsidiaryisTikTok, rejectssuchaccusations.

Asyouknow, TikTokisaplatformfordistributingshortvideos. Overthepastfewyears, thisapplicationhasbecomeverypopularamongyoungpeoplearoundtheworld.