Mona Fortier at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 18th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2023 / 6:20 p.m.

Liberal

Mona Fortier Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I will share my speaking time with Ms. Damoff.

Thank you for being here today.

We touched on this earlier, that TikTok has been sanctioned various times for violating regulations that protect the privacy of minors or children who use the application, including the 345 million euro fine levied with respect to the accounts of users under the age of 16 that were configured as public by default. The United Kingdom fined TikTok 12.7 million pounds for the improper use of data belonging to users who are children.

Given this very disappointing lack of diligence with respect to the digital safety of children elsewhere in the world, how can we trust TikTok and its operations in Canada?

My question is for Mr. Lieber or Mr. de Eyre.

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