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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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423 points empressplay | 4 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | 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. seanmcdirmid ◴[07 Nov 24 00:09 UTC] No.42071619[source]▶
ByteDance can't sell advertising in Canada. They can't make money off of Canadian customers, that has to hurt, although it is small potatoes compared to being banned in California, let alone the whole of the USA.
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2. grugagag ◴[07 Nov 24 00:44 UTC] No.42071915[source]▶
That means that users can’t be advertised to?
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3. seanmcdirmid ◴[07 Nov 24 00:52 UTC] No.42071989[source]▶
It means Canadian companies can't buy ads from ByteDance. Canadian content creators can't receive money from ByteDance. That is not a win for ByteDance, who I assume wants (a) content from Canadian tiktokers and (b) wants ad money from Canadian companies.
4. tonyarkles ◴[07 Nov 24 02:16 UTC] No.42072590[source]▶
> ByteDance can't sell advertising in Canada.

I'm not sure I follow (maybe there's other details you know about that aren't in the article, or I missed it). I don't think there's anything preventing a Canadian company from paying a foreign company for ads? In theory I'd have to self-assess PST maybe but I order stuff (both physical and digital) from foreign companies with no Canadian presence on a pretty regular basis.