TikTok Ban Bills Advance in Va., Ga.

Virginia’s bill to ban TikTok moved closer to final passage Wednesday. The House Communications Committee voted 12-9 to advance the Senate-passed SB-1459. Meanwhile, the Georgia Homeland Security Committee cleared a proposed TikTok ban (SB-93) Tuesday. Several state legislatures are considering banning the Chinese-owned social media platform (see 2302130045 and 2302100061). In Hawaii, the House Education Committee voted 7-0 Tuesday to clear a bill to authorize schools to teach digital media literacy (HB-79) including on the impacts of misinformation and online hate speech.