And Canada’s federal government revealed that it began investigating months ago whether foreign control of the app poses a threat to national security. There is good reason to believe TikTok may pose a threat to our privacy, but not to our democracy. Canada’s ongoing efforts to minimize the national security threat TikTok poses won’t neutralize the threat social media poses to democracy. Privacy concerns are realBut TikTok does pose a threat to our privacy. This points to the real threat to our democracy: social media we can’t control.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2024 22:28 UTC