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        "id": 1867833,
        "msgid": "us-finally-allows-government-employees-to-use-tiktok-again-1784433061",
        "date": "2026-07-19 10:00:28",
        "title": "US Finally Allows Government Employees to Use TikTok Again",
        "author": "Qommarria Rostanti",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The US Department of Justice has lifted a ban preventing federal employees from using TikTok on official devices, citing the mitigation of national security risks. The decision follows the transfer of US user data and operational control to a new joint venture, TikTok USDS, in which American and global investors hold an 80.1 percent stake. The move reverses restrictions imposed in 2022 over concerns about Chinese government access to user data via ByteDance.",
        "content": "<p>The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has once again\npermitted federal employees to download and use TikTok on official\ngovernment devices. This decision overturns restrictions that had been\nin place since 2022 due to national security concerns. The Department of\nJustice stated that the ban on using TikTok on government devices is no\nlonger in effect after TikTok\u2019s Chinese parent company, ByteDance,\ntransferred control over user data and TikTok\u2019s operations in the United\nStates to a new joint venture called TikTok USDS. In a legal opinion\naddressed to President Donald Trump, the DOJ stated that the version of\nTikTok currently operating in the US no longer poses the national\nsecurity risks that formed the basis for the previous ban. Consequently,\nemployees within the executive branch are now permitted to install\nTikTok on official devices, while still complying with their respective\nagency policies and workplace rules. The ban on using TikTok on\ngovernment devices was previously imposed under a 2022 law. At that\ntime, the US government was concerned that user data could be accessed\nby the Chinese government through ByteDance. However, the Department of\nJustice said those concerns have been addressed through the\nestablishment of TikTok USDS, a joint venture that now controls TikTok\u2019s\noperations and user data in America. Under an agreement finalised in\nJanuary, American and global investors now control an 80.1 percent stake\nin the joint venture, while ByteDance retains a 19.9 percent minority\nstake.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/us-finally-allows-government-employees-to-use-tiktok-again-1784433061",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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