Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are the latest jurisdictions in Canada to announce they are banning TikTok on government-issued devices pending a federal threat assessment.
The N.W.T. says its ban took effect Friday, following the lead of the federal government and several provinces.Ottawa announced last week it was banning TikTok from government-owned devices following a review of the social media app by Canada's chief information officer.Nine provinces have since followed suit, while Ontario says it is considering a ban.
Federal and provincial privacy watchdogs recently announced a joint investigation into whether TikTok complies with Canadian privacy legislation. The N.W.T. government says it decided to ban TikTok based on several risk factors, chiefly the application's data collection methods, which "can provide almost complete access" to the contents of devices it has been downloaded on, making them more vulnerable to surveillance.
The Chinese government has a stake in TikTok's owner, ByteDance, and Chinese laws allow the country to demand access to user data.
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