OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s move to order the shutdown of TikTok’s Canadian operations over national security concerns has left hundreds of the company’s Canadian employees in limbo.
Ottawa hasn't publicly specified the date by which TikTok has to comply, and while the company has pledged to fight the order in court, it's also talking to the government in hopes of finding a"solution."
The company was hosting teens that day, telling them"everything about how lovely our work is, how much we love to do what we do, how we got into our positions," recalled Lowers, the music lead for the company's global public policy and product team. There are"a lot of folks that are trying to power through, that have a really good attitude. But right now, I think the silence and not having any answers has been really troubling for a lot of the people on the team."
Steve de Eyre, the company's director of public policy and government affairs, is getting down to business as usual — which includes lobbying the same federal government that has ordered the company to shut down. The review that banned the company's Canadian operation was carried out through the Investment Canada Act, which allows the government to investigate any foreign investment with potential to harm national security.
Privacy and safety concerns have swirled around TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. because of Chinese national security laws that compel organizations in the country to assist with intelligence gathering.Last week, a U.S court ruled that a law that requires ByteDance to divest its stakes in TikTok or face a ban is constitutional. On Monday, TikTok asked the court to bar the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden from enforcing the law.
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