Information & Ethics committee Sure. I would say the concern with TikTok is specific to its association with the PRC. As mentioned here, TikTok collects a lot of personal data and has access to a lot of personal data on your device. CSIS has been very publicly warning about the risks of using TikTok. It's very clear that there's a strategy on the part of the PRC to collect big data and personal data from all around the world.
December 12th, 2024Committee meeting
Paul Lynd
Information & Ethics committee All I would say is that their primary focus is to protect the Chinese Communist Party. What we're most concerned about, from a CSIS perspective, is foreign interference in Canada and them trying to achieve objectives for their own foreign policy in Canada. I don't have details handy for the different themes of what they've been involved in, but our concern really is foreign interference in Canada on behalf of the PRC.
December 12th, 2024Committee meeting
Paul Lynd
Information & Ethics committee That's essentially accurate: It's mobilizing towards providing support to violence or conducting a violent act.
December 12th, 2024Committee meeting
Paul Lynd
December 12th, 2024Committee meeting
Paul Lynd