The US Department of Justice allows federal employees to download the TikTok application

The US Department of Justice announced that federal employees can now download the short video application TikTok on government devices.

It is noteworthy that a law issued in 2022 prohibited federal employees from using the application on government devices due to national security concerns. However, a legal opinion issued by the ministry stated that this ban is no longer in effect, in light of an agreement concluded by the Chinese company ByteDance, which owns the application, to transfer control of American user data and application operations to the joint venture TikTok USDS, a process that was completed last January.

The memo submitted to President Donald Trump indicated that the current version of TikTok does not pose risks. The memo said: “We are aware that you have instructed employees of executive branch agencies to download the TikTok application on their official devices, at the discretion of the agency and consistent with all applicable business policies,” according to Reuters.