House passes TikTok ban bill. How Kentucky representatives voted

The U.S. House of Representative on Wednesday passed a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company to sell the popular social media app or face a ban.

What is the TikTok ban bill?

The legislation would make TikTok unavailable in app stores or web hosting services — effectively making it unavailable to U.S. users — unless it severs ties with its parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, within 180 days.

Why is Congress trying to ban TikTok?

Members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party argue the app creates “an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security” by allowing the Chinese government to “surveil and influence the American public.”

How Kentucky representatives voted on the TikTok ban bill:

• Jim Baird (R): Yes

• Jim Banks (R): Yes

• Larry Buschon (R): Yes

• Andre D. Carson (D): Yes

• Erin Houchin (R): Yes

• Frank J. Mrvan (D): Yes

• Greg Pence (R): Yes

• Victoria Spartz (R): Yes

• Rudy Yakym III (R): Yes

• Andy Barr (R): Yes

• James Comer (R): Yes

• Brett Gruthrie (R): Yes

• Thomas Massie (R): No

• Morgan McGarvey (D): No

• Harold Rogers (R): Yes

Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com: @cherylvjackson.

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