The US federal government has ended its policy of barring TikTok from devices used by employees in the executive branch, reversing a restriction initially imposed due to national security concerns. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded a 2023 directive prohibiting the app’s use after the Justice Department determined that a restructured version of TikTok operated by its new US joint venture is no longer subject to the original 2022 prohibition targeting applications controlled by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
The policy change follows restructuring efforts within ByteDance. According to reporting from Politico, the government’s decision reverses a previous restriction based on national security concerns surrounding the video-sharing app. The Justice Department's assessment that the new US joint venture operates independently of ByteDance was key to lifting the ban.
The OMB memo dated Monday formally rescinded the 2023 directive. While right-leaning sources are not present in this reporting, both South China Morning Post and Politico report on the same core facts: the reversal of the ban following a determination that the app’s US operations have been sufficiently restructured to address previous security concerns.
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