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The Canadian government said it won't block access to the popular social media platform.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's hilarious how they think TikTok is gong to steal all our data, while major corporations have already stolen and leaked all our data with complete impunity.

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's only bad if it's not an USian company, didn't you get the memo?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, said in a blog post that “banning the company rather than the app may actually make matters worse since the risks associated with the app will remain but the ability to hold the company accountable will be weakened.”

I had the same thought.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s the totally opposite of what Brazil is doing, which is to force companies to have a legal representation in the country to deal with the law whenever there’s some problem to settle.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Brazil first world, we are now 3rd