Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., as Liberals tap app's influencers


by CP24

CP24— OAKVILLE, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, at a time when his own party is leaning on the app and its influencers to deliver the Liberals' political message to Canadians. The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would force TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell its share of the social-media app within a year or face a ban in the platform's largest market. The proposed ban was slipped into a...

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