Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is closely monitoring the impending ban on TikTok in the United States, noting he had ordered his caucus to avoid using the app over concerns about Chinese espionage.
In April 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that would ban new TikTok downloads from app stores unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, divests itself of the short-video streaming platform. While TikTok has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to block the law, with a ruling still pending, the ban is set to take effect on Jan. 19.
