Ottawa Quietly Ordered National Security Review of TikTok Last September

The federal government ordered a national security review of the Chinese short-video streaming app TikTok in September 2023, but did not publicly disclose the probe. “This is still an ongoing case. We can’t comment further because of the confidentiality provisions of the Investment Canada Act,” said a spokesperson for Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in a statement to The Canadian Press. The revelation comes after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on March 13 that could lead to a ban on TikTok. The bill would require TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or would face a ban from U.S. app stores and hosting services....