TikTok to remain sponsor at Broadbent Institute conference [Video]

OTTAWA –

The Broadbent Institute is keeping TikTok as a sponsor during their upcoming conference, despite rising national security concerns from the government of Canada regarding the popular app.

TikTok is sponsoring the policy thinktank’s opening reception on Wednesday in Ottawa.

“We have a fundraising approach that makes clear sponsors do not direct the Institute, and our good work speaks for itself,” Jen Hassum, executive director of the Broadbent Institute, said in a statement.

“We will keep following this developing news story and will obviously reevaluate if there are new developments or if any specific allegations emerge. Like others who carry ads or accept donations, we will respond appropriately to any new information.”

The chief information officer of Canada completed a review of the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform and determined it posed an “unacceptable” level of risk to privacy and security.

That led to the federal government and House of Commons banning the …