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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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410 points empressplay | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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strongpigeon ◴[06 Nov 24 23:21 UTC] No.42071124[source]▶
To be clear, they're not banning the app, they're banning ByteDance from having offices in Canada
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outside1234 ◴[06 Nov 24 23:25 UTC] No.42071166[source]▶
What is the strategy here? Why does banning ByteDance from having offices in Canada do anything?
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1. alephnerd ◴[06 Nov 24 23:37 UTC] No.42071283[source]▶
> What is the strategy here

1. Show the current government is doing something after the CSE said the Canadian government has been breached by China's MSS [0]

2. A response to China for breaching Canada's systems.

3. A way to get a quick win to make bipartisan China hawks across the border in the US happy.

[0] - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cse-cyber-threats-china-1.7...