White House lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ownership shift

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 A Monday memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded a 2023 White House directive that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices, citing concerns that its then-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.