{"id":2643215,"date":"2026-08-11T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-lifts-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:44:36","slug":"white-house-lifts-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-lifts-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"White House lifts TikTok ban on government devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-lifts-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House reversed its previous ban on TikTok on government devices, citing a change in the app\u2019s security assessment after its U.S. operations were transferred to a U.S.-based investor group. The decision was based on the belief that tiktok no longer posed significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on ... Deal Under Biden\">national security risks<\/a>, as it had revised its content advice algorithms and cybersecurity measures to mitigate concerns about data sharing with Chinese authorities. This move follows a July legal opinion that declared TikTok no longer qualifies as a \u201ccovered application\u201d under legislation restricting its use on government devices. The app&#8217;s sale and restructuring,overseen by American companies oracle and Silver Lake,aimed to address earlier fears about data security amid chinese government influence. The decision marks a significant shift from previous restrictions enacted during the Biden administration and initiated under the Trump era.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> announced Monday that it was rescinding its ban on the social media app <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"432\">TikTok<\/a> on government devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Monday memo from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/omb\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1107\">White House Office of Management and Budget <\/a>rescinded a 2023 White House directive that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices, citing concerns that its then-China-based parent company, ByteDance, posed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-considering-not-giving-trump-intelligence-briefings\/\" title=\"Biden Considering Not Giving ... Intelligence Briefings\">national security risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4683132\/white-house-tiktok-ban-government-devices\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ownership shift<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4680780\/mark-zuckerberg-data-center-fund-ai-accessibility\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Zuckerberg announces $1 billion data center fund in plan to bring superintelligence to everyone<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4680821\/bernie-sanders-ai-disaster-development-pause-tech-ceo-letter\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Sanders warns of AI disaster and calls for nationwide pause on development: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House determined that TikTok no longer posed the same national security risks after the app\u2019s U.S. operations were shifted to a group of investors based in the United States. The concerns centered on the possibility that ByteDance could share U.S. user data with Chinese authorities or use the platform to promote narratives favorable to the Chinese government. Beijing and TikTok have denied allegations that user data could be exploited or that the platform could be used to spread disinformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move follows a July opinion from the Department of Justice\u2019s Office of Legal Counsel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/olc\/media\/1453136\/dl\">determining<\/a> that TikTok is no longer a \u201ccovered application\u201d under the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, legislation signed into law during the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"445\"> Biden administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ wrote that TikTok \u201chas revised the content recommendation algorithm and cybersecurity program originally developed by ByteDance to insulate federal government information against the concerning security features that initially motivated the prohibition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration\u2019s decision marks an about-face after TikTok\u2019s U.S. business was transferred from Chinese parent company ByteDance to a group of American companies under an arrangement brokered by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>. The transaction was intended to prevent a nationwide ban of the app under a 2024 law passed amid concerns that TikTok and ByteDance could share U.S. user data with Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4681559\/one-year-later-dc-residents-trump-national-guard-deployment\/\">ONE YEAR LATER, SOME DC RESIDENTS PRAISE TRUMP\u2019S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oracle Corp. and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC lead the consortium that now oversees TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since taking office, Trump has credited TikTok with helping him win the 2024 presidential election despite having previously<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/presidential-actions\/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok\/\"> sought to ban <\/a>the platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admin lifts TikTok ban on gov devices after ownership change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2643216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26152111930353.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[83997,6248,32127],"class_list":["post-2643215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ban-lifted","tag-tiktok","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26152111930353.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643224,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643215\/revisions\/2643224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}