• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    But, what does that actually achieve besides limiting Canada’s ability to, for example, seize assets? TikTok, being a digital platform, isn’t very dependent on regional presence; it’s not like you’ve gotta head to their offices to post/view content.

    If TikTok/ByteDance isn’t complying with Canadian laws/standards, Canada no longer has leverage to influence change.

    How does this actually ‘harm’ TikTok and/or protect Canadians?

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      3 days ago

      I would imagine this also prevents canadian influencers from earning money on tiktok. Maybe Canada is trying to limit the control byte dance has over so many Canadians’ income, who knows

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      5 days ago

      Yeah but thats what has confused me too about these “bans” is I don’t see the strategy of it. Good points, I got nothing, but open to ideas as I’m highly curious since it’s been also of course the US doing this.