The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 22:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. An investigation has found that TikTok collected sensitive data from Canadian children using the app. The report was led by federal and provincial privacy commissioners. Jennifer Lagrasa has the details. Popular social media platform TikTok is promising to crack down on underage users and vows to more clearly explain how it's using people's data. That's after an investigation by Canadian privacy watchdogs

determined it wasn't doing enough to protect users. We found that TikTok must do more. At a news conference in Ottawa this afternoon, Philippe Dufran, Canada's privacy commissioner, said the company has collected sensitive information on young users. He didn't say whether TikTok will delete this data, but added that the platform committed to improvements. It's always going to be some amount of compromise.

Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of, Ottawa. Though TikTok says it will better verify the age of users, Geist thinks this will be a challenge. We all know that many kids are going to be determined to get on some of these platforms. Canadian privacy authorities say they will continue to closely monitor TikTok. Jennifer Lagrasa, CBC News, Toronto. Two of the largest owners of broadcast TV stations in the U.S. will not be airing the return of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show tonight. Next star in Sinclair say they'll preempt the program, citing what they call, insensitive consequences.

relating to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel's show was suspended from airing on television network ABC last week. Parenthood company Disney is reinstating the show tonight amid widespread public pressure. A group of U.S. lawmakers has held meetings with Chinese government officials. It's the first trip by a delegation from the House of Representatives to China in six years. They're hoping the meetings could lead to a thawing of tensions between the two countries. Lisa Ching has more. China's foreign minister Wang Yi telling members of the U.S. House of Representatives, China's doors are always open to them.

A rare visit from the bipartisan delegation, the first since 2019, U.S. Congressman Adam Smith. The real hope is that we get to the point where China and the U.S. work together on global challenges. Tensions have mounted between Washington and Beijing in the last few years over tariffs, U.S. restrictions on semiconductor chips, the ownership of TikTok. but signs of rapprochement. Strengthening our cooperation is not only good for our two countries, but of great significance to the world, said Chinese Premier Li Chang. The trip comes on the heels of a call between Trump

and Chinese President Xi Jinping and sets up a meeting between the leaders in South Korea next month and potentially a visit to China by Trump next year. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. In BC, tensions are high and an ostriches farm in East Cootney as police arrest two farmers for resisting a call order by government officials that will kill off

400 birds. Brady Strachan has more. Katie, if you guys come out, we can talk about that. Emotions run high as ostrich farmers negotiate with the RCMP. The birds are going to be okay. They're not.

This is just the other option is my compatriots here have to come in and arrest you. Then you will be taken to our detachment. This afternoon, two people were arrested. The RCMP didn't confirm who, but the arrest was in an ostrich enclosure where two owners had been staying overnight. Police are on the farm to allow the Canadian food inspection agency to carry out a call of nearly 400 birds. A stamping out policy, the agency says,

is the only way to deal with the case of avian flu. In a live stream video today, farm spokesperson Katie Pasitney says they are expecting the worst. They're going to make corrals of hay to dart and kill our animals. The farm is asking for time as they take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Brady Strachan, CBC News, Colonna. And that is your world this hour.

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