The Carolina Journal is reporting that a senate bill banning TikTok and other social media platforms on government devices was passed Tuesday in the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Sen. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, one of the primary sponsors of S.B. 83, proposed an amendment to the measure that expands the ban to include all state schools, including universities. The amendment also adds a Russian product “Telegram” to the list of banned platforms, along with Chinese platforms TikTok and WeChat. The committee passed the bill with the amendment, and Moffitt called it an improvement over the original bill.
