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Amid U.S. TikTok bans, a few balk at writing its name in law

Kansas House Minority Leader Vic Miller, right, D-Topeka, confers with his communications director, Alexis Simmons, during a House debate on a proposal to put an expanded version of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's ban on TikTok on state devices into law, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. While a few Democrats oppose the measure, Miller and most Democrats in the House support it. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kansas state Reps. Trevor Jacobs, left, R-Fort Scott, and Ken Rahjes, R-Agra, confer behind the House speaker's dais, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Both lawmakers support putting a proposed ban on TikTok or other apps or websites from its parent company on state government electronic devices, which has passed the House. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kansas state Rep. Jarrod Ousley, D-Merriam, is on his cellphone in the House as he follows a debate over a proposal to put into state law an expanded version of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's ban on TikTok on state devices, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Ousley is among a few Democrats opposing the measure. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kansas state Reps. Barb Wasinger, R-Hays, left, and Cindi Howerton, right, R-Wichita, follow a debate in the House over a proposal they favor for banning TikTok from state government devices, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Wasinger is chair of the committee that sponsored the measure, and Howerton led the supporters in the debate. (AP Photo/John Hanna)