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Democratic stronghold Washington state may join GOP’s TikTok bans

The US state of Washington is considering moves to restrict the use of Chinese-owned TikTok for government business [Ivan Abreu/Bloomberg]

The US state of Washington is considering banning the use of TikTok for government business, potentially extending a Republican-led campaign against the Chinese-owned app to one of the most liberal parts of the United States.

Washington state would become the first Democratic stronghold to ban TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, over data privacy and national security concerns if it prohibits the use of the app on government devices.

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