TikTok banned Canada

Following Canada's decision to ban TikTok from federal government-issued mobile devices Monday, most provinces have either followed suit or are considering ...

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Canada has followed the U.S. and E.U. in forcing the removal of the social media app from government devices. Experts aren't surprised, accusing the app of ...

“And do you really want to put your personal, corporate or official business potentially at risk?” The deal allowed the Chinese government to place an official on its board of directors — a move [panned at the time for being a golden share arrangement](https://www.economist.com/business/chinas-communist-authorities-reinvent-state-capitalism/21806311). “All it does is prevent officials from reaching the public on a platform loved by millions of Canadians.” “The Canadian government wants to show that they’re doing something,” Tsai said. If you value your privacy or deal with sensitive information, Carraway says to consider deleting the app. [Additional research found teens aged 13 to 17](https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/Influencer_Marketing_Benchmark_Report_2022.pdf) make up about 27 per cent of TikTok’s audience. [Quebec has since followed the federal lead](https://www.thestar.com/business/2023/02/28/quebec-follows-federal-lead-bans-tiktok-application-on-government-cellphones.html), banning TikTok from all government devices starting Tuesday However, all this comes down to someone’s personal preferences. Bardsley told the Star that Canada followed the footsteps of similar bans taking place in the U.S. On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide considerable access to the contents of the phone.” [Fortier said in a public statement Monday](https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/news/2023/02/statement-by-minister-fortier-announcing-a-ban-on-the-use-of-tiktok-on-government-mobile-devices.html). Foster agreed, adding that: “I think that it’s wise to suggest (a TikTok ban on government devices) is a first step and not the last step.” In the future, she could see a total ban of the app — or at least more regulatory measures to stem the collection of user data.

This week, Canada joined the U.S. and the European Union in prohibiting the social media app on government-issued devices. Other Canadian jurisdictions and ...

"We need to consider what the implications are," she said. Google and Apple could, of course, effectively kill TikTok by booting it from their Play Store and App Store, respectively. TikTok told the Wall Street Journal, at the time, that newer versions of the app do not collect MAC addresses such devices. It's also able to identify "the objects and scenery that appear [in your videos], the existence and location within an image of face and body features … TikTok did not collect them, according to Lin's report. "It gives us a lot of pause to thinking exactly ... what other elements of scrutiny would we like to subject them to?" Except that Douyin also acquired a device's Media Access Control (MAC) address; a unique, 12-digit identifier. TikTok and ByteDance insist no user information is stored in mainland China and that it does not provide user data to the Chinese government. This week, Canada joined the U.S. [report](https://citizenlab.ca/2021/03/tiktok-and-douyin-explained/) analyzing the security and privacy of TikTok and Douyin, the version of the app available in China (they even use the same icon). Other Canadian jurisdictions and institutions are considering similar bans.