Why the Liberals keep trying (and failing) to control the Internet: Peter Menzies in the Western Standard – MLI

A TikTok ban will become the latest in a long string of problematic internet policies emanating from the Trudeau government.

April 15, 2024

Canada’s long march towards suppressing free expression on the internet is about to run headlong into the federal government’s other great nemesis — the People’s Republic of China (PRC). And the battleground is dance videos.

Last month, the US House of Representatives passed a bill with broad bipartisan support requiring the owner of TikTok — a Chinese company called ByteDance — to sell the popular social media platform or cease operations in America because of concerns over Chinese government involvement and data collection.

If TikTok is banished from the US, expect major repercussions in Canada since many Canadian online creators use it to connect to the public. Nonetheless, the Trudeau government will come under considerable pressure to ban it here and risk angering China once again.

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