White House ‘very in favor’ of bill thought to target TikTok

Platform has drawn close congressional scrutiny because the data of users could be available to the government of China

One of the authors of a Senate bill that would enable the federal commerce department to ban technologies with links to foreign governments has said that the Joe Biden White House is very in favor" of the measure, but he stopped short of saying whether the president's administration has discussed possibly prohibiting the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok in particular.

Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday morning, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said that the proposed legislation has also picked up support in his congressional chamber from 11 Democrats - of which he is one - as well as 11 Republicans.