TikTok Ban Lifted on US Government Devices Amid Ownership Shift

The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, citing the shift of its US operations to American investors as the reason for its decision. Following a memo dated Aug 11 from the White House Office of Management and Budget, the 2023 directive barring TikTok’s use on government equipment has been rescinded. This move comes after a written opinion by the Justice Department in July, which stated that TikTok no longer posed a national security threat as it no longer qualified as a “covered application”. The completion of a deal in January that transferred…