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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 .
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.
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 ...
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [132] 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. [133] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [134]
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 ...
Now that TikTok will soon be banned on federal government devices — with several states issuing similar bans over security concerns — you may wonder whether to expect more bans on the ...
Under TikTok’s reported plan to shutter the platform in the U.S. on Sunday, people attempting to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban ...
A Chinese embassy spokesperson accused the UK government of acting “based on its political motive rather than facts”. TikTok is already banned from many government devices in the US and elsewhere.