A Canadian court blocked the government's 2024 TikTok shutdown, citing flawed reasoning, allowing the app to continue operating.

A Canadian federal court has overturned the 2024 government order to shut down TikTok’s operations in Canada, allowing the app to continue functioning while Industry Minister Mélanie Joly conducts a new review. The decision, based on flawed legal reasoning, came amid national security concerns over data privacy and ties to China’s ByteDance. The court’s ruling preserves TikTok’s Canadian offices, hundreds of jobs, and support for local creators, though user access remains unaffected. The government had dissolved TikTok’s business entity but did not block the app. The case reflects ongoing global scrutiny of TikTok, but the court found insufficient evidence to justify the shutdown.