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]

WASHINGTON, July 17 : The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that federal employees can now download the short-video app TikTok on government devices.A 2022 law banned federal…

The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.