Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on Friday banning TikTok and WeChat from state government technology, including state-run wireless networks.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she has to be "very careful" when discussing legislation that would ban TikTok from government devices.
The US Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night that would ban TikTok on government devices following major security concerns about the social media app owned by China-based ByteDance. Republican Senators Tom Cotton (AK), Josh Hawley.