Suzanne Smalley reports:
Canada on Wednesday ordered that Chinese-owned TikTok “wind up” its business in the country, citing national security risks posed by the ubiquitous social media platform.
While the Canadian government ordered TikTok to close its offices in the country, it is not banning Canadians’ from using the popular app. U.S. Congress passed a controversial law that will do just that in April.
TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, a fact which many Western governments have said makes the app a vehicle for disinformation and a tool for spying on Americans.
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