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DOJ cleared TikTok for federal workers' government phones after yearslong ban

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel concluded that a restructured TikTok joint venture no longer falls under a 2022 law banning the app from federal technology

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The Justice Department concluded that federal employees may use TikTok on their government-issued devices, lifting a ban that had been in place since 2022. The Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued the opinion on July 16, finding that a restructured TikTok joint venture no longer falls within the scope of the No TikTok on Government Devices Act.

The opinion, signed by Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, determined that the version of TikTok now operated by........

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