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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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A_D_E_P_T ◴[06 Nov 24 23:28 UTC] No.42071185[source]▶
Isn't it all rather self-defeating, then?

ByteDance will keep no data in Canada, will not employ any Canadians, will not report any information to Canadian authorities, and will have no reason to comply with Canadian warrants or court orders. (Or even judgments.) At the same time, all Canadians can continue to use the app.

On balance, this seems bad for Canada and great for ByteDance.

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1. hluska ◴[07 Nov 24 00:08 UTC] No.42071613[source]▶
As far as I can find, Bytedance is one of only three companies ordered to shutter their Canadian operations. The other two are both involved in the drone detection space.

This makes the most sense if Canada expects (or has) Canadian troops secretly deployed somewhere. And that is one sobering thought.