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Canada: Ban on the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices

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27 Feb 2023

In February 2023, the government of Canada prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices. 

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

1 in force

Implementation date

28 Feb 2023

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Public procurement, nes In force

On 27 February 2023, the government of Canada announced the ban on the use of TikTok, a video hosting application, on government-issued mobile devices. The application will be removed from all devices...

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