Canada conducts national security review of Chinese-owned TikTok

Industry minister says review of popular video app that is planning to expand in country has been ongoing since September 2023

Canada is conducting a national security review of Chinese-owned TikTok’s proposed expansion of the popular video app in the country, the industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, said on Friday.

In a teleconference from Italy after meeting with his G7 counterparts, Champagne said the review under the Investment Canada Act had been quietly initiated in September 2023.