TikTok on government devices under assessment in Canada
Of particular concern to the watchdogs is the privacy of the younger Canadians, who dominate the use of the application in the country., released in September, found that just 26 per cent of all Canadians currently use TikTok. However, 76 per cent of those aged 18-24 have an account on the platform, it revealed.Canadian MPs are also set to probe security concerns about the popular social media application at a parliamentary committee.
The House of Commons ethics committee voted earlier this month to undertake a study into TikTok and other social media platforms’ use “of private information of Canadians for the objective of data harvesting.”
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