Ottawa Quietly Ordered National Security Review of TikTok Last September

Ottawa Quietly Ordered National Security Review of TikTok Last September
The logo of the social media video-sharing app TikTok is seen during the launch of TikTok and Indonesia's leading e-commerce site Tokopedia's Buy Local Campaign in Jakarta, on Dec. 12, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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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.