{"id":55161,"date":"2025-01-17T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/01\/17\/tiktok-ban-and-what-it-means-for-canadians\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:56:27","slug":"tiktok-ban-and-what-it-means-for-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/01\/17\/tiktok-ban-and-what-it-means-for-canadians\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok ban and what it means for Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Cybersecurity<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Innovation<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Short video platform has until Sunday to shutter its U.S. operations or find a buyer<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Jan 17, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">Last updated 46\u00a0minutes ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">5 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"6dcdf093-56db-4ef6-a204-0c1128c6ec37\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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The law calling for the closure or sale of the Chinese-controlled social media app \u2014 which has more than one billion monthly active users worldwide, including 170 million in the U.S. and 14 million in Canada \u2014 was passed in April. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments from the company\u2019s legal team, which was hoping to overturn the ban. 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Trump, who will be inaugurated a day after the ban is slated to begin, has signalled through advisers that he is keen to avoid a shutdown. Mike Waltz, Trump\u2019s incoming national security adviser, told Fox News prior to the court ruling that the new administration will find a way to \u201cpreserve\u201d TikTok while safeguarding user data and\u202fTikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend the inauguration, according to reports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=ynKyraG5bwV3ZHjgeS81Yw\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=ynKyraG5bwV3ZHjgeS81Yw,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=zmbtnAH5jbsZ8PjCNTi4vg 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tiktok-ceo-gs0117.png?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0h8IueOk6xUbTZgIHtHTDQ&ssl=1\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration on Jan. 20.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by BAY ISMOYO<\/span> \/<span class=\"distributor\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some Capitol Hill policymakers are also now trying to buy more time to broker a TikTok sale to a U.S.-approved buyer. Democratic lawmakers including Senator Ed Markey and Cory Booker introduced legislation on Thursday to push back the Jan. 19 deadline, citing the \u201cserious consequences\u201d for millions of Americans and their businesses if TikTok were to shut down.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">While TikTok has repeatedly said it refuses to sell the U.S. operations, several \u202fpotential buyers have thrown their hat in the ring, including former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Canadian investor Kevin O\u2019Leary. Some have also pegged Elon Musk as TikTok\u2019s potential saviour, given his close ties to Trump and his chumminess with China, though TikTok has brushed off those rumours as \u201cpure fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6069331748469177596017588538703872\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<h2>What is Canada\u2019s stance on TikTok?<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">Ottawa has come out swinging at TikTok in recent years, ordering a review of the company through the Investment Canada Act (ICA), which allows the federal government to investigate foreign investments that could jeopardize national security.\u202fIn February 2023, Canada banned the app from all government-issued devices after the country\u2019s chief information officer found that the platform \u201cpresents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.\u201d By November 2024, Ottawa, citing national security risks, ordered TikTok Technology Canada Inc. to shut down its Canadian offices and operations \u2014 while allowing the app to remain usable and available for download for Canadian users.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s case is rare and \u201ca big deal,\u201d said a senior partner at a Toronto law firm who asked not to be named because their firm represents other social media platforms. \u201cTo have a company wind-up its business operation on Canadian soil is a draconian approach (that is) not taken lightly,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re unscrambling the eggs, because they\u2019ve already established an operation here, hired people and are contributing to the economy.\u201d TikTok is challenging the government\u2019s order and filed for a stay in Vancouver\u2019s federal court last December. For now, TikTok\u2019s Canadian offices in Toronto and Vancouver remain operational and employ hundreds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4365874840550722634589080276434944\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 5<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-5\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<h2>What does a potential U.S. ban mean for Canada?<\/h2>\n<p>If the U.S. follows through with the ban on TikTok, \u201cCanada will be hard-pressed not to take similar action,\u201d said Vivek Krishnamurthy, director of the University of Colorado Boulder\u2019s Technology Law and Policy Clinic and former law professor at the University of Ottawa who recently served on Canada\u2019s online safety expert advisory group.\u202fEven if Ottawa abstains from a full ban, a U.S. ban means that Canadian users could experience a \u201cdegraded version\u201d of TikTok, he said. \u201cI would expect that a significant percentage of TikTok Canadian traffic is served from infrastructure in the U.S. It seems to me that if TikTok goes dark in the U.S., Canadian users are likely to feel an impact.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The Canadian government has not commented on the U.S. bill or announced any similar action. 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