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 / 6:20 p.m.

Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Canada, TikTok

First, thank you for mentioning Corey. I know you've spoken about McMullan Appliance in the House. It's one of my favourite accounts. They've done an amazing job. It shows the global reach of TikTok.

In terms of your question, I'm not familiar with that organization, but I can speak about the Chinese government or the CCP writ large.

TikTok is not available in mainland China. TikTok is not a state-owned enterprise. We are a private organization. ByteDance is a private company. The company is ultimately accountable to the board. Three of those five members of the board are American.

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