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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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747 points empressplay | 2 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | 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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markus_zhang ◴[06 Nov 24 23:49 UTC] No.42071430[source]▶
The only reason I think they would do this is because of espionage, so you want to remove the offices but keep the app. But there is no proof provided within the article.
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1. pnw ◴[07 Nov 24 00:15 UTC] No.42071660[source]▶
Intelligence agencies aren't known for their history of providing proof to the public. This review has been in process for over a year though.
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2. webninja ◴[10 Nov 24 03:19 UTC] No.42098395[source]▶
Sunlight and transparency are great disinfectants for evil. Good only triumphs over evil if evil is exposed but evil wins if it’s allowed to remain in the shadows forever. Almost no one believes what they’re doing is evil — nearly everyone believes they’re a good person (even terrorists who have killed and taken hostages, as hostage negotiators recall in their books) but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If the intel agencies can’t even convincingly share with congress reasons with enough merit that can stand up to scrutiny, then fuck em. Do what’s right instead. No one voted for any agency, intel or not, or any deep state to make all of the decisions of the democratic republic. America has 3 branches of government. No 4th branch for good reason. Transparency and sunlight are great disinfectants and there should be more of both. Transparency is needed to make the best decisions.