US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring

The White House has formally lifted the ban on TikTok on US government devices after the Justice Department determined that the version operated by the platform’s new US joint venture is no longer covered by a 2022 prohibition targeting applications controlled by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The White House O

The Trump administration announced Monday that it was rescinding its ban on the social media app TikTok on government devices. A Monday memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded a 2023 White House directive that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices, citing concerns that its then-

The US Justice Department earlier concluded that TikTok no longer qualified as a “covered application”.

The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, after finding that the popular social media app no longer poses a national security threat following the shift of its US operations to American investors.