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Canada Social Networks Government

Canada Bans TikTok Citing National Security Concerns (www.cbc.ca) 24

The federal government of Canada has ordered TikTok to shut down its operations in the country, citing national security concerns. However, Canadians will still be able to access the app and use it to create content. "The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice," said Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.

"We came to the conclusion that these activities that were conducted in Canada by TikTok and their offices would be injurious to national security. I'm not at liberty to go into much detail, but I know Canadians would understand when you're saying the government of Canada is taking measures to protect national security, that's serious." CBC News reports: Champagne urged Canadians to use TikTok "with eyes wide open." Critics have claimed that TikTok users' data could be obtained by the Chinese government. "Obviously, parents and anyone who wants to use social platform should be mindful of the risk," he said. The decision was made in accordance with the Investment Canada Act, which allows for the review of foreign investments that may harm Canada's national security.

Former CSIS director David Vigneault told CBC News it's "very clear" from the app's design that data gleaned from its users "is available to the government of China" and its large-scale data harvesting goals. "Most people can say, 'Why is it a big deal for a teenager now to have their data [on TikTok]?' Well in five years, in 10 years, that teenager will be a young adult, will be engaged in different activities around the world," he said at the time. "As an individual, I would say that I would absolutely not recommend someone have TikTok."

Canada Bans TikTok Citing National Security Concerns

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  • by lsllll ( 830002 ) on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @07:35PM (#64926573)

    Well in five years, in 10 years, that teenager will be a young adult, will be engaged in different activities around the world

    Imagine China knowing pretty much everything there is to know about via use of AI because of stuff you did when you were a teenager. Yeah, PRISM [wikipedia.org] allows the U.S. to do the same thing, but we're hoping they're only doing it for "national security".

  • by couchslug ( 175151 ) on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @07:45PM (#64926603)

    Ban foreign investment in residential property.

  • This is ridiculous, and especially if the free world is going to batten down for something like this Trump-ass Coup 2 in DC, gotta keep these totalitarian countries out of our shit.
  • The data issue is a side show.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/e... [forbes.com]
    These sources reveal that in addition to letting the algorithm decide what goes viral, staff at TikTok and ByteDance also secretly hand-pick specific videos and supercharge their distribution, using a practice known internally as “heating.”

    They can similarly minimize the reach of certain topics.

    This was done to rile up college kids against Israel's self defense operations in Gaza. We saw the protests

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