RandAlThor to Canada · 23 hours agoCanada orders TikTok to close Vancouver office over ‘security risks’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkCanada orders TikTok to close Vancouver office over ‘security risks’www.theguardian.comRandAlThor to Canada · 23 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarewise_pancakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoI’m in agreement with you that I don’t want the government to be fiddling with the pipes of the internet like that. They could restrict Canadian ad buying, merchandise purchases via credit card, and restrict app store use, and that would do something. I just feel like this gesture is symbolic at best. We haven’t done anything about the security concerns. We should be building a domestic tech industry so we don’t see all the value extracted elsewhere.
I’m in agreement with you that I don’t want the government to be fiddling with the pipes of the internet like that.
They could restrict Canadian ad buying, merchandise purchases via credit card, and restrict app store use, and that would do something.
I just feel like this gesture is symbolic at best. We haven’t done anything about the security concerns.
We should be building a domestic tech industry so we don’t see all the value extracted elsewhere.