Tánaiste Simon Harris has held a meeting with the CEO of video-sharing platform TikTok Shou Zi Chew.
Mr Chew was in Ireland yesterday and posted a video of himself visiting the company’s Dublin office.
A Government spokesperson said that the Tánaiste, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke and representatives from IDA Ireland met with Mr Chew on Thursday.
“It was an important engagement where they discussed the company’s ongoing commitment to Ireland,” the spokesperson said.
It is understood that other topics discussed included data centres, online safety and EU digital regulation.
Almost 3,000 staff are employed at TikTok’s Irish operation and in March the Government was informed that around 300 Irish-based jobs are under threat as part of global cuts.
Last week, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €530 million over breaches relating to the transfer of the personal data of European users to China.
The DPC also said it had been provided with inaccurate information by the Chinese-owned platform.
TikTok said it disagreed with the decision and that it intends to appeal it in full.
The platform is facing a potential ban in the US amid national security fears but President Donald Trump recently said that he would be willing to extend the 19 June deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to find a buyer for the US assets of TikTok.
