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Will Po Ban League of Legends and Fortnite make it to the US?
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Fortnite and League of Legends players may have had concerns after news broke that Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings was reportedly under investigation in the US ahead of TikTok's ban.
Amid the ongoing drama around TikTok in the US, when the popular social media site will be blocked for users in the coming days, it appears that other companies linked to China are now being investigated.
While TikTok has been under scrutiny due to privacy and data concerns from the US government, it has emerged that video game publishers under parent company Tencent have now reportedly been approached by the Foreign Investment Committee.
US government investigates Tencent's involvement with Epic and Riot
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States or CFIUS, chaired by the Treasury Department, is known for reviewing country data and security implications when it comes to foreign investment.
According to report Bloomberg, CFIUS has now sent out letters to companies such as Epic Games, Riot Games and others owned by Tencent asking about their security protocols for handling their players' personal data.
While both video game publishers primarily operate outside the US, it's no secret that Tencent has ties to these companies, owning Riot Games and a 40% stake in Epic Games.
Will Fortnite and LoL be banned in the US?
It's not clear at this point if these companies will be blocked or targeted like TikTok was, but players will have to wait for the results of this investigation to become public.
With Riot Games recently expanding into games like Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra and many more, any decisions by the US government could potentially impact the millions of players in the US who play these games.
In addition, this is not the only problem that Epic Games had to deal with in recent weeks, as their feud with Apple , which prevents iOS users from playing, is still going on after they originally started the "Free Fortnite" movement.
Tencent's WeChat app is also a firing line, however, with more than 300 investments in Tencent's portfolio, including a smaller stake in Activision Blizzard, it remains to be seen how much of an impact this could have.
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