{"id":2525,"date":"2026-07-18T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:59:08","slug":"federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal staff can obtain TikTok on their work telephones once more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Division of Justice says that federal staff can now obtain TikTok on their authorities units, in keeping with Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2022 legislation banned federal staff from utilizing the short-form video app on these units, however the DOJ reportedly says the legislation now not applies, due to a deal transferring possession of TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations to a three way partnership backed by Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. (Oracle serves because the safety associate for the brand new three way partnership, whereas earlier proprietor ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ memo reportedly says President Donald Trump has cleared \u201cstaff of Govt Department companies\u201d to \u201cobtain TikTok onto their official units, topic \u200bto the company\u2019s discretion and in step with all relevant office insurance policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the ban centered on authorities staff and units, the app was banned extra broadly throughout the USA. However because the legislation was set to take impact early final yr, the app solely went down briefly earlier than Trump repeatedly delayed the transfer and urged service suppliers to revive entry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/18\/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Division of Justice says that federal staff can now obtain TikTok on their authorities units, in keeping with Reuters. A 2022 legislation banned federal staff from utilizing the short-form video app on these units, however the DOJ reportedly says the legislation now not applies, due to a deal transferring possession of TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1821998528.jpg?resize=1200,800","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[154,2095,1107,366,637,1120],"class_list":["post-2525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-business","tag-download","tag-employees","tag-federal","tag-phones","tag-tiktok","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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