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Some KS Lawmakers Object to Naming TikTok in Ban

 

Some Kansas lawmakers are objecting to banning TikTok from government devices.

 

Banning the Chinese phone app has been enjoying bipartisan support across the U.S., but a few Democratic legislators in Kansas object to expanding a ban imposed by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly because they don't want a state law to target a company by name. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 109-12 yesterday to pass a bill to prohibit any electronic device owned or issued to a state employee from accessing TikTok. A new law would apply a ban to more agencies than Kelly's order, and it also would apply to any app or website from TikTok's Chinese parent company. Congress and more than half of U.S. states have imposed bans. TikTok says the bans don't improve security. The bill now moves to the Senate.

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