Ottawa's approach to TikTok is an incoherent failure

Open this photo in gallery: The security and privacy concerns resulting from TikTok’s link to China have pushed some governments to ban the app altogether.Dado Ruvic/Reuters Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. TikTok has long presented a thorny challenge for Western governments. The security and privacy concerns resulting from its link to China have pushed some to ban the app altogether. Others, cognizant of its enormous popularity with younger demographics and its support for the cultural sector, have sought to establish regulatory safeguards, required sales of…