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Aidan Moir, Visiting Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto

Canada's decision to ban TikTok from government devices is bad news for the NDP's election strategy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to ban TikTok on all federal government-issued devices follows similar government bans in the United States at the federal and state levels. (Shutterstock)

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, the most prolific Canadian politician on TikTok with almost 900,000 followers, has deactivated his profile in a move that will undermine his party’s attempts to engage with young voters through social media.

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