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Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

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531 points empressplay | 2 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.813s | source
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ta8645 ◴[06 Nov 24 23:44 UTC] No.42071389[source]▶
This seems like political theatre. Recently, Trudeau claimed that he has direct evidence against members of the opposition party engaged in "foreign interference" with China[1] There are also allegations by others that members of his own party have also been implicated. And yet he refuses to release the names, or elaborate on any of these allegations for the public.

Essentially, he's using China to distract from his own policy failings at home.

[1] https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-says-he-has-list-of-...

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1. timbit42 ◴[07 Nov 24 02:48 UTC] No.42072824[source]▶
This is a poor take because he can't release more information than he already did.
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2. ta8645 ◴[07 Nov 24 04:59 UTC] No.42073551[source]▶
Sorry, yours is the poor take. If the government has the right to seize the bank accounts of Canadians, without due process, then the government also has the power to release any information they want.

Just because they invent reasons to keep it secret, doesn't mean that's what's right, or most healthy for an honest and functioning democracy.