House Panel Debates TikTok Ban

The House Foreign Affairs Committee debated a bill on Feb. 28 that would empower President Joe Biden to ban TikTok in the United States. The committee vote was deferred to Wednesday.
The measure, if eventually adopted by Congress, would be the most sweeping government action to date against the popular social media app, which security experts say can be used by the Chinese regime to spy on Americans or to promote pro-China influence campaigns or disinformation.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) questions witnesses during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington, Sept. 16, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
In 2020, then-President Donald Trump attempted to ban TikTok in the United States, but the move was blocked by a federal judge….}