{"id":527037,"date":"2026-03-10T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527037\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:22:08","slug":"ottawa-drops-tiktok-ban-will-now-let-platform-stay-in-canada-with-conditions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527037\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa drops TikTok ban, will now let platform stay in Canada with conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Ottawa\u2019s decision to let TikTok remain in Canada \u2014 now with more security guarantees from the Chinese-owned firm \u2014 reverses its previous decision to ban the company over national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government banned TikTok from operating and having a physical presence in Canada in 2024, then recently asked the Federal Court to set aside the order to permit another review.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy and safety concerns have been raised about TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. because of Chinese national security laws that compel organizations in that country to assist with intelligence gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement to set aside the shutdown order came shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China and secured a deal to get Beijing to lower agricultural tariffs in exchange for new market access for Chinese electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly says the decision to let the company remain in Canada hinges on several conditions, including a requirement that TikTok introduce stronger protections for minors and personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s previous decision did not extend to banning Canadian users from downloading and using the popular social media app.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Ottawa\u2019s decision to let TikTok remain in Canada \u2014 now with more security guarantees from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-527037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}