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In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok.In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok.
"If you are, for whatever reason, getting in the crosshairs of the , they will have a lot of information about you."an annual report which warned about "The ultimate goal is always to protect the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. And so from that point of view, in many ways, this is a threat to the way we live."Vigneault is just the latest Western official to raise concerns about TikTok putting sensitive user data in the hands of the Chinese government.Critics say they fear China could continue to use TikTok's content recommendations to spread misinformation and bury dissent.
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