NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is considering personally reactivating his TikTok account as the U.S. government moves in the opposite direction with the looming possibility of a ban on the popular social media platform over security concerns.
“We’re making that consideration on how to get back on in a safe way,” said Singh at a news conference Wednesday in Edmonton.
A year ago, the NDP leader had nearly a million TikTok followers – one of the largest for a Canadian politician.
He deactivated the app last year, after the federal Liberals banned it on government-issued phones.
The move came as Western leaders expressed concerns TikTok could share user data with China – something the company denies.
“Those concerns for federal devices I understood and I listened,” Singh told reporters.
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But the NDP leader says his party “is back on the platform” and is mulling a return “on [his] personal side.”
Singh made the remarks the same …