Mr. Steve de Eyre at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

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

October 18th, 2023 / 6:10 p.m.

Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Canada, TikTok

Sure, I'd be happy to respond to that and to clarify that. There's been some misinformation around that.

You are correct. There is a Chinese operating entity that's specifically for the Chinese market where that was the case, and my understanding is that's a local law. That entity has nothing to do with TikTok and has no oversight over TikTok. Those employees cannot access TikTok user data, and it is not above TikTok in the org chart.

My understanding is that it is required, and it's for things like content licensing and media licensing.

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