• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    […] the Government of Canada has ordered the wind up of the Canadian business carried on by TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. […]

    […] The government is not blocking Canadians’ access to the TikTok application or their ability to create content. The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice. […]

    Sooo, what’s the goal here? How does this help, or effect, Canadians?

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      1 month ago

      I think it’s to mean that the company can’t have any actual operations taking place on Canadian soil maybe? Like no offices/servers etc.?

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        1 month ago

        But, what does that actually achieve besides limiting Canada’s ability to, for example, seize assets? TikTok, being a digital platform, isn’t very dependent on regional presence; it’s not like you’ve gotta head to their offices to post/view content.

        If TikTok/ByteDance isn’t complying with Canadian laws/standards, Canada no longer has leverage to influence change.

        How does this actually ‘harm’ TikTok and/or protect Canadians?

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          1 month ago

          Yeah but thats what has confused me too about these “bans” is I don’t see the strategy of it. Good points, I got nothing, but open to ideas as I’m highly curious since it’s been also of course the US doing this.

        • Zeoic@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          I would imagine this also prevents canadian influencers from earning money on tiktok. Maybe Canada is trying to limit the control byte dance has over so many Canadians’ income, who knows