The icon for the video sharing TikTok app on a smartphone.Photo by Matt Slocum/AP files

Ottawa orders TikTok’s Canadian arm to be dissolved

The move will not block Canadians' access to the TikTok app

by · Financial Post

OTTAWA — The government says it’s ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada, the Canadian arm of the app’s owner ByteDance, after a national security review.

It says the move will not block Canadians’ access to the TikTok app.

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