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Biden Has Never Been Under More Pressure From Congress to Ban TikTok

Partisan divisions remain over best way to confront TikTok
Administration still reviewing security risks of Chinese app

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By Emily Birnbaum and Daniel Flatley

January 25, 2023 at 10:21 PM UTC

Updated on

January 26, 2023 at 12:40 AM UTC

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The growing clamor in Congress to completely ban TikTok in the US raises the stakes for the Biden administration, which is in the late stages of reviewing the security risks of the popular social media app.

Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday introduced legislation to prohibit TikTok, owned by a Chinese company, from all devices nationwide.