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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.
As of April 2023, [29] [30] at least 34 out of 50 states have announced or enacted bans on state government agencies, employees, and contractors using TikTok on government-issued devices. State bans only affect government employees and do not prohibit civilians from having or using the app on their personal devices.
New York City banned TikTok on government-owned devices on Wednesday, pointing to security concerns that have made the app a target of bipartisan scrutiny across the country.
A federal court in Washington, D.C. upheld a law requiring the sale or ban of TikTok today after the social media company filed a lawsuit against the federal government. "We conclude the portions ...
The UK government and Parliament banned TikTok from staff work devices in 2023, as has the European Commission. The BBC also advised staff to delete TikTok from corporate phones because of ...
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [123] 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. [124] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [125]
The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect ...
The federal government and 27 state governments have banned popular China-based video sharing mobile app TikTok from government-issued devices.