"Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Ban TikTok and Protect Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries"

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President Biden's administration supports a bipartisan bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the US due to national security concerns, despite his own reelection campaign recently joining the platform to reach younger voters. The bill would require TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a ban, giving the president authority to ban it. The White House sees the bill as a national security measure, while TikTok believes it's an outright ban that would infringe on First Amendment rights. The Biden campaign defends its use of TikTok as an innovative way to reach voters and emphasizes taking safety precautions.
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