The government of Canada ordered TikTok Technology Canada to dissolve on Wednesday, citing national security concerns.
TikTok Technology Canada is the business arm of the Chinese company ByteDance in the country.
Canada, like the U.S., has been scrutinizing TikTok for a few years now.
The argument is that because ByteDance is a Chinese company its beholden to the Chinese Communist Party.
The app hoovers up the data of those in the West and makes it available to the Red Chinese.
Those perceptions have led to a string of hearings and legislative battles in the U.S. and Canada.
This order to dissolve ByteDances Canadian arm is the result of that review.
What, exactly, did Canada find during its national security review?
Champagne said youd just have to trust him.
But again, Canada isnt banning the app outright.
Anyone who wants to can still use it.
Canada wont block the app and it wont stop Canadians from uploading anything to it.
The decision to use a social media software or platform is a personal choice, Champagne said.
The order means that ByteDance will have to shut down two of its offices in Toronto and Vancouver.
A spokesperson for ByteDancetold The Washington Postthat the move would cost Canada hundreds of jobs.
We will challenge this order in court.
TikTok isnt faring well in the U.S. either.
Trump also said he wanted to see another company, like Microsoft, buy the app.
The order was challenged in court.
The anti-TikTok sentiment continued during the Biden administration.
In 2022, Biden banned TikTok on U.S. government devices.
A few days later, he called on ByteDance to sell the app to an American company.
Congress has attempted to pass multiple bills banning the app outright.
TikTok has repeatedly said itwont sellits U.S. operations off.
The move against TikTok is part of a broader anti-social media sentiment building across the world.
Evidence that its addictive and makes people miserable is growing.
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