OMB Rescinds TikTok Ban on Government Devices
The move follows a Justice Department opinion that TikTok now functions independently of ByteDance and is majority owned by U.S. investors.
- The Office of Management and Budget lifted the ban on TikTok for government devices on Monday, following a Justice Department legal opinion that the app no longer qualifies as a "covered application" under the 2022 No TikTok on Government Devices Act.
- A deal transferred control of the app's U.S. business to a consortium of American firms including Oracle, Silver Lake Management, and MGX, prompting the DOJ to conclude the platform now functions independently of Beijing-based ByteDance.
- The app "has revised the content recommendation algorithm and cybersecurity program originally developed by ByteDance to insulate federal government information," though ByteDance retains a 19.9 percent stake in the new U.S. joint venture.
- Federal agencies including the Department of Transportation and Department of Housing and Urban Development have begun posting content, though the DOJ opinion does not mandate usage and allows agencies to "ban the downloading of TikTok" for productivity reasons.
- Privacy experts remain critical of the reversal; Calli Schroeder, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, argued the decision "exponentially increases security risk" on government devices and represents an "unnecessary gamble.
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The White House has lifted the ban on TikTok on government devices in the U.S. The Trump administration has lifted the ban on TikTok on federal devices. The decision is made after the transfer of control of the business application to American investors.
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US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring
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OMB rescinds TikTok ban on government devices
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) lifted the ban on the social media platform TikTok for government devices on Monday, officially ending the yearslong saga. The memo, signed by OMB Secretary Russell Vought Monday, comes after the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel released its own memo stating government employees can lawfully download…
White House lifts TikTok ban on government devices
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-China-based parent company, ByteDance, posed a national security risk. The White House determined that TikTok no longer posed the…
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