TikTok Canada challenges order to close Bytedance subsidiary over national security risk | Company Business News
TikTok Technology Canada Inc. applied for a judicial review to challenge Canada’s order that China’s Bytedance Ltd. close its subsidiary in the country, citing national security risks.
In the filing at the Federal Court of Canada in Vancouver, the company argued that the government’s order is disproportionate and exceeds officials’ legal scope; that the national security review was procedurally unfair; and that the conclusion of national security harms was “unreasonable.” The filing asks that the order be set aside.
The DetailsThe documents, filed Dec. 5, describe a relationship between TikTok and Canadian officials that started with “routine discussions” but hardened over several years. By March 2023, Canadian officials began issuing requests for information for a year and a half, and in September 2023, Canada launched a national security review, which was extended twice, the documents said. TikTok...
