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."
"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."
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Given the recent example of India assassinating someone in Canada, I think China can reach you.
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You're absolutely right, if we just ignore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org], their other intelligence and cyberwarfare activities, genocide of Uyghurs (after Tibetans), enabling Russia's aggression...
The US and Israel targeting known international terrorists is absolutely mild in comparison.
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LOL, except they never have done anything like that. Meanwhile USA has. Russia has. Israel has. India has. etc.. etc.. etc...
China has illegal "police stations" in Canada. They are not our friends, and Winnie the Pooh can go fuck himself.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politi... [www.cbc.ca]
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>It can't handle free speech. (See also: recent laws compelling pronouns.)
Lie. C-16 does not criminalize using something other than someone's preferred pronoun. It might just recognize it as part of a pattern indicating you're a prejudiced asshole behaving in a discriminatory manner towards someone, though.
>It can't handle anti-government sentiment (see also: trucker protest in Ottawa.)
Another lie. The 'trucker protest' in Ottawa was a bunch of barely-functional malcontents with outside funding who
Re:The Canadian Government is Lost. (Score:4, Insightful)
The next time your cheap crap from Asia arrives on your doorstep in three days, I hope you let the delivery person know they're a barely-functional malcontent, and you plan on picking up your junk from China yourself, thank you.
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Protest harder, government shillbot.
And the best part? You've bought into the lie, and you're doing it for FREE!!!
Give Truedeax a big wet sloppy kiss for me!!
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Someone might catch Justin Trudeau wearing blackface.
Here's the money shot. (Score:3)
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".
If security matters... (Score:3)
Ban foreign investment in residential property.
No shit. The West needs to tighten up. (Score:1)
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It will be interesting to see if Trump remembers that he flip-flopped on TikTok. The ban had bipartisan support, so I'll bet undoing the ban will be a campaign promise that is quietly forgotten.
The issue is persuasion not data (Score:2)
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