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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal employees can now download TikTok onto their government devices after a yearslong ban, according to a memo from the Department of Justice. This reversal comes after ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, transferred control of the app’s U.S. user data and operations to TikTok U.S. Data Security (TikTok USDS), a majority American-owned joint venture. The deal was finalized in January. A 2022 law banned federal workers from having TikTok on government devices due to national security concerns, but an opinion from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel said the restructuring eliminated the…
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