There is Canada TikTok will suspend operations in the country, citing unspecified “national security risks” posed by the company and its parent company ByteDance. The move will force TikTok to “shut down” all businesses in the country, although the Canadian government has stopped short of banning the app.
“The government is taking action through the creation of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. to address specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada,” Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a statement. . “The decision was based on information and evidence gathered during the investigation and advice from Canada’s security and intelligence community and other government partners.”
Canada’s crackdown on TikTok follows a “multi-stage national security review process” by its intelligence agencies, the government said in a statement. as CBC the country had previously banned the app on official government devices. It also comes months after the United States passed a law that could ban the practice in the state. There are US lawmakers national security concerns and the application’s ties to China. TikTok has widely installed to the law.
In a statement, a TikTok spokesperson said the company would also challenge Canada’s order. “Closing TikTok’s Canadian offices and destroying hundreds of well-paying local jobs is in no one’s best interest, and today’s shutdown order will do just that,” he said. “We will challenge this order in court. The TikTok platform will remain available for creators to find audiences, explore new interests and grow businesses.”
