Ottawa Orders Canadian TikTok Offices to Close, App Still Available

Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken Nov. 27, 2019. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters

The Canadian government has ordered the Chinese social media app TikTok to close up its Canadian offices over national security concerns although it hasn’t banned the app for users.

Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne made the announcement in a statement on Nov. 6.