Head of Canada’s intelligence agency warns Canadians not to use TikTok
by Gaby Del Valle from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MWXX)
Illustration: The Verge Canada's security agency is trying to dissuade Canadians from using TikTok, telling users that their data is available to the government of China."
In an interview with CBC News set to air on Saturday, David Vigneault, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said that there is a very clear strategy on the part of the government of China ... to be able to acquire ... personal information from around the world," the CBC reports.
They're using big data analytics, they have amazing computer farms crunching the data, they are developing artificial intelligence ... based on using this data," Vigneault added.
The Chinese government's ability to access user data is at the forefront of US efforts to regulate - and potentially...