A joint investigation in Canada is probing the social media app's compliance with privacy laws.
TikTok has long been embroiled in privacy concerns because the Chinese government has a stake in its owner ByteDance and laws allow the country to access user data.Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has asked staff in his office to remove the social media app TikTok from their work phones while the platform is under investigation by the federal privacy commissioner.
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