TikTok execs believed Biden joining the app meant a ban was no longer an imminent threat: WSJ

• TikTok execs thought the US was mostly over banning the app after Biden joined, per WSJ.
• Then, the House introduced a bill that could result in a US ban on the social media app.
• TikTok and free-speech groups argue the ban violates First Amendment rights.

Before the House introduced its bill to ban TikTok, executives at the social media company were convinced that calls for a ban on the app had quieted — partially because of President Joe Biden.