TikTok's Return to U.S. Government Devices Represents Easing Tensions
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TikTok is again available to U.S. federal employees. The U.S. Department of Justice has just reported that there is no longer a legal impediment for officials to download the app into their work devices. The decision closes a stage of uncertainty that lasted since 2022, when the U.S. government banned the application for fear that the data would end up in the hands of the Chinese government. Why was it banned and what has changed now? The 2022 l…
TikTok's return to U.S. government devices represents easing tensions
A memo issued by the U.S. Department of Justice has ushered in a new era of relations between TikTok and authorities in D.C. In the memo, the DOJ stipulated that the U.S.-controlled version of TikTok — dubbed TikTok USDS Joint Venture — can be installed on government devices. The No TikTok on Government Devices Act previously prohibited TikTok use on federal and state property. “The version of TikTok operated by the TikTok U.S. Data Security Joi…
TikTok had been banned on the professional phones of US federal agents since 2022. The Department of Justice has just announced the end of this ban. The long battle of enforcement seems to be definitely over across the Atlantic, but at what price?
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