Canadian privacy commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children, forcing removal of 500,000 Canadian kids annually from platform. Canadian privacy regulators just dropped a bombshell investigation revealing that TikTok has been systematically collecting sensitive personal data from Canadian children while simultaneously removing approximately 500,000 underage users from its platform each year. The joint investigation by federal, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia privacy commissioners found that TikTok failed to obtain proper parental consent, collected unnecessary personal information, and used inadequate age verification methods for users under 13. What makes this particularly concerning for American observers is that TikTok's parent company ByteDance operates under the same corporate structure and technical infrastructure globally meaning similar privacy violations could be occurring elsewhere. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne stated that "When children use digital platforms, they must be afforded the highest level of privacy protection. Our investigation found TikTok was not meeting this standard." The technical specifics of the violations...