Posted Jul 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM UTCTExternal LinkFederal employees are free to install TikTok again.According to Reuters, the DOJ has issued a memo stating that “employees of Executive Branch agencies may download TikTok onto their official devices, subject to the agency’s discretion,” now that the deal limiting ByteDance’s ownership is in place and US user data is secured in American data centers.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Terrence O'Brien
Federal employees are free to install TikTok again.
According to Reuters, the DOJ has issued a memo stating that “employees of Executive Branch agencies may download TikTok onto their official devices, subject to the agency’s discretion,” now that the deal limiting ByteDance’s ownership is in place and US user data is secured in American data centers. [Link: Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says | https://www.reuters.com/world/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-government-devices-doj-says-2026-07-17/ | Reuters]
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