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Canada Orders TikTok’s Canadian Business to Be Dissolved (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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The Canadian government said it won't block access to the popular social media platform.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, said in a blog post that “banning the company rather than the app may actually make matters worse since the risks associated with the app will remain but the ability to hold the company accountable will be weakened.”

I had the same thought.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s the totally opposite of what Brazil is doing, which is to force companies to have a legal representation in the country to deal with the law whenever there’s some problem to settle.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Brazil first world, we are now 3rd