House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Senate-passed legislation that would ban government employees from using the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices.
The Senate unanimously passed the legislation on Dec. 14, which would ban the use of TikTok on all government-owned devices. The Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Defense already have such bans in place.
A spokesperson for Pelosi said that she supported appending it to a government funding bill set to go to the House floor next week.
If the House approves its TikTok provision, the Senate would have to add a similar ban to its version of the spending bill before sending it on to President Joe Biden for his signature….