Agencies issue rule prohibiting TikTok on government and contractor devices

Officials have formalized the ban on using TikTok or any other service from its Chinese-based parent company on devices owned by the federal government or contractors, in a notice published today.

“This rule revises the [Federal Acquisition Regulation] to implement the prohibition on having or using the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited,” according to the notice from the Defense Department, General...