TikTok Canada challenges order to close Bytedance subsidiary over national security risk

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.