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The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. [1] Originally introduced as a stand-alone bill in 2020, it was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden .
The federal government and 27 state governments have banned popular China-based video sharing mobile app TikTok from government-issued devices. Map: Here are the states that have banned TikTok on ...
In 2022, Biden signed a bill that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices. How many Americans use TikTok? There are over 170 million TikTok users based the U.S., an app spokesperson ...
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [130] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [131] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [132]
The popular social media app TikTok went dark for its 170 million American users on Jan. 19, after months of fighting the federal government’s demand that it separate from its China-based parent ...
TikTok argued this feature was set up as an "anti-spam" measure but removed the feature regardless. [3] The Trump Administration restricted the use of TikTok within the United States government and military, instructing officials to delete the application from devices owned by the government. [4] [5] [6]
Update: Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. Read more. TikTok will soon go dark for 170 million American users barring an 11th-hour development. The Supreme Court heard ...