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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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423 points empressplay | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | 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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aaomidi ◴[06 Nov 24 23:42 UTC] No.42071356[source]▶
They're angry that TikTok made people aware of the atrocities their governments are supporting across the world.

This has also been the catalyst behind the ban of TikTok in the US.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[07 Nov 24 00:18 UTC] No.42071687[source]▶
> This has also been the catalyst behind the ban of TikTok in the US

No it hasn’t. The war in Gaza is a foreign policy issue, which means most Americans tuned out from the start, and one that was a top issue for a very, very narrow slice of the electorate.

The sad truth is we’re aware of atrocities; we simply aren’t too bothered by them. (If you’re honest about yourself, you aren’t either. Nobody sane could be. There are too many of them, and they’re all burning furiously and it has been this was for a long time.) TikTok is about China, not the Middle East.