President Biden would ban TikTok. But candidate Biden is using it for his campaign

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President Biden waves as he arrives at the White House on March 9, 2023. Andrew Harnik/AP

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The White House has thrown its support behind a bill in Congress that would effectively ban TikTok, the social media app that is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, in the United States.

The bipartisan legislation would require ByteDance to sell the app because of national security concerns about the way it uses and stores data — or face a ban.

“This bill is important, we welcome this step,” White House press secretary Karine

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