Canada orders TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security, but says it is not blocking Canadians' access; TikTok plans to appeal

Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks …

Reuters 2024-11-07 Ismail Shakil

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@mgeist Michael Geist on x
After years of demanding cultural payments from Internet platforms, the government is now kicking TikTok the company out of the country, but leaving the app in place? How does that benefit creators or better protect Canadians' privacy and security? https://x.com/...
@dmacpher Dieter MacPherson on x
@prairiecentrist It stops them from deploying capital within Canada directly. Corporations come with some level of “rights” within Canada including stuff like data and privacy. This likely now positions tiktok to be more exposed to c-70.
@dmacpher Dieter MacPherson on x
@prairiecentrist They also now lose all the “benefits” of incorporating here including taxation. They were testing out their “creator” program that is huge in the US that behaves a lot like Twitter Blue, both are an avenue to effectively launder money to content the Co “boosts”. …
@geoffreygertz Geoffrey Gertz on x
This is also curiously almost the exact inverse of another social media policy trend, which is requiring platforms to have a local presence, someone to be accountable to gov't regulators. If I understand this order, Canada is compelling TikTok not to have a local presence? 🤷
@privacylawyer David T.S. Fraser on x
In another remarkably stupid move, the Gov't of Canada orders TikTok to shutter its Cdn subsidiary (which presumably writes the cheques to Cdn creators), but the app will still be available in Cda. I can't see how this does anything but harm creators. https://www.canada.ca/...
@swbenzie Scott Benzie on x
First C11, then C18, now the Government is banning Tiktok from properly supporting it's Creators in Canada. If there are security concerns with the app fix it, ban it ...ban all apps with security issues. All this does is remove the people that help. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/ …
@prairiecentrist John Mark Taylor on x
Idk what this means.
@scott_dlb Scott on x
So zero security concerns are resolved but we lose the ability to tax and regulate it. The Liberals really are the masters of finding the dumbest possible middle ground on an issue
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