Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app

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Canada's has decided not to block TikTok, but it is ordering that its Canadian business dissolves amid cybersecurity concerns.

Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it.Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said it is meant to address risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc.“The government is not blocking Canadians’ access to the TikTok application or their ability to create content.

TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020.TikTok faces intensifying scrutiny from Europe and America over security and data privacy. It comes as China and the West are locked in a wider tug of war over technology ranging from spy balloons to computer chips.Canada previously banned TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices. TikTok has two offices in Canada, one in Toronto and one in Vancouver.

 

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