California One Step Closer to Ban TikTok, Other Apps From Government Devices

In this photo illustration, a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet page. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

A bill to ban the use of China-based social media app TikTok and some other social media apps on state-issued or owned devices unanimously passed the California Senate on May 30.

Senate Bill 74, authored by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), would prohibit social media applications to be downloaded or installed on such devices if the company behind the app is either owned or controlled by a “country of concern.”