Conservatives to suspend MPs' TikTok accounts, Singh dodges questions on NDP plans cdnpoli
But another major Canadian political figure on TikTok, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, repeatedly dodged questions Monday on if he or his caucus colleagues would also suspend their accounts, likely meaning they would remain for the time being.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
On the same day, Canada’s cyberdefence agency, the Communications Security Establishment , published new guidance calling on Canadians to be weary of a social media platform’s “ownership, control or influence, and data residency” as well as data collecting and use policies.Article content “The vendors and owners of the platform are subject to the laws of their region, which could impact the security and privacy of users,” reads the guidance, which doesn’t explicitly mention TikTok but is clearly referring to sweeping new laws that allow the Chinese Communist Party to compel any business in the country to share data with it if required.
A growing chorus of experts have called on the federal government to ban TikTok from its networks in light of increasing concerns that the app engages in “aggressive” data harvesting. MPs and their staffers’ phones hold a trove of important personal data, like the elected official’s calendar, emails or contact list, for example.
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