US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring

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The US government has lifted the ban on TikTok usage on official devices following ByteDance’s restructuring and the establishment of a new US joint venture. The decision came after the Justice Department confirmed the new version of the app is no longer under the 2022 security prohibition.

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 The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in a memo dated Monday, rescinded a 2023 directive that barred the use of TikTok on government devices over national security concerns arising...