TikTok plans two more European data centres amid privacy fears

A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany (Martin Meissner/AP/PA)

TikTok has said it is planning two more European data centres, as the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app seeks to allay growing concerns about data privacy for its users in the West.

TikTok has been under fire from European and American authorities over concerns that it could scoop up masses of user data and send it to China.