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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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423 points empressplay | 5 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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paxys ◴[06 Nov 24 23:38 UTC] No.42071295[source]▶
If there are actual "national security concerns", they should rule that TikTok data of Canadian citizens needs to be stored within Canadian borders and can only be accessed by Canadian employees. This ban (removing the company's presence from the country while keeping the app active) ensures the exact opposite.
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1. gberger ◴[06 Nov 24 23:44 UTC] No.42071381[source]▶
Canadian citizens can still be brainwashed even if their data is stored within Canada.
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2. paxys ◴[06 Nov 24 23:48 UTC] No.42071414[source]▶
So then why aren't they banning the app?
3. hmmokidk ◴[06 Nov 24 23:55 UTC] No.42071485[source]▶
If any app is brainwashing people it's the zombie of twitter. Not tik tok.
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4. TeaBrain ◴[07 Nov 24 00:01 UTC] No.42071534[source]▶
The point is that from a disinformation dissemination perspective, it doesn't matter where the data was stored, but the government could have possibly had more control if the data was stored in Canada. Forcing the data to be removed from Canada doesn't seem to be accomplishing anything positive for the Canadian government or people.
5. wyldberry ◴[07 Nov 24 02:23 UTC] No.42072635[source]▶
If a picture is a thousand words, then surely video is several orders of magnitude more powerful for brainwashing, especially in short form.