Tiktok Canada

• TikTok and lattes make the perfect blend for Toronto coffee company going viral

  Two simple words -- "my friend" -- have made Caitlin Campbell and Street Brew Coffee a global success and vaulted her into the hearts of so many.

  Canada

  Aug 20
  
• TikTok faces ‘pivotal moment’ as U.S. lawmakers seek ban, CEO tells users

  The comments from CEO Shou Zi Chew, who will testify to a U.S. House committee this week, come as lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns.

  Tech

  Mar 21
  
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• U.S. wants TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest over security. Is it too late?

  Growing concerns over TikTok's potential risk to national security is leading to more government bans of the popular app, but TikTok says divestment won't solve anything.

  Tech

  Mar 16
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• Barrie and Innisfil ban TikTok on city-owned devices amid data privacy concerns

  Barrie and Innisfil are joining a grown list of municipalities banning TikTok on all municipal devices following concerns raised over cybersecurity risks.

  Canada

  Mar 14
• TikTok is the fastest growing social media app in Canada — but least trusted: report 

  The research by Toronto Metropolitan University showed the short video app has nearly tripled its reach since 2019 with 29 per cent of survey respondents on the app.

  Tech

  Mar 9
• TikTok changing data security plans in Europe following ban. What’s going on?

  The European Parliament, European Commission and the EU Council recently banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company.

  World

  Mar 8
• Hamilton staffers the latest to join TikTok ban ‘out of an abundance of caution’

  The city's director of communications pointed directly at federal and some provincial government TikTok bans as motivation for a similar directive for city staff.

  Canada

  Mar 6
• Canadian companies should consider TikTok ban following government step: experts

  TikTok has long been embroiled in privacy concerns because its parent company ByteDance is based in China, where laws allow the country to demand access to user data.

  Tech

  Mar 1
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• Canada not the only country to ban TikTok. Here’s what others are doing

  TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data is not held in China.

  World

  Mar 1
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• Why you should care about what TikTok and other platforms do with your data

  Canada's former spymaster is warning that even if Canadians aren't worried about their personal information falling into the wrong hands, they should be.

  Canada

  Feb 28