Congressional staff have two weeks to enjoy TikTok on government phones until it's REMOVED permanently

Congressional unit will person TikTok blocked and removed from their authorities phones by August 15 aft lawmakers moved to ace down connected CCP-owned ByteDance this year. 

The authorities to prohibition nan app from national devices was signed into rule by President Joe Biden successful December 2022. And this year, Congress and nan White House came together to prohibition TikTok from operating successful nan U.S. if it does not divest from ByteDance by mid-January 2025. 

The institution has sued nan U.S. authorities accusing it of violating First Amendment authorities by allegedly trying to 'silence nan 170 cardinal Americans' who usage nan societal media application. 

The measure was overwhelmingly passed by Congress and signed by Biden connected April 24, giving ByteDance until January 19 to waste TikTok aliases look a ban. It was driven by concerns that China could usage nan app to entree American users' data.

'Starting August 15, 2024, nan CAO Office of Cybersecurity will initiate nan artifact and removal of each ByteDance products from each House-managed devices and app stores,' Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor wrote successful a memo to House staffers. 

'ByteDance applications are NOT ALLOWED connected immoderate House device,' it went on. 

TikTok has made clear that ByteDance is not willing successful selling. 

The Department of Justice has pushed backmost connected TikTok's ineligible lawsuit against it, successful documents revenge July 26 accusing nan level of collecting and transmitting delicate individual personification information to ByteDance engineers successful Beijing. The information includes bulk accusation connected users' views connected societal issues for illustration abortion, weapon power and religion. 

The DOJ issued a informing of 'covert contented manipulation' and nan expertise for nan CCP to style nan contented users spot connected its level to power their views. 

'By directing ByteDance aliases TikTok to covertly manipulate that algorithm, China could for illustration further its existing malign power operations and amplify its efforts to undermine spot successful our populist and exacerbate societal divisions,' nan little states. 

Nothing successful nan redacted little 'changes nan truth that nan Constitution is connected our side,' TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek said successful a statement.

'The TikTok prohibition would soundlessness 170 cardinal Americans' voices, violating nan 1st Amendment,' Haurek said. 'As we've said before, nan authorities has ne'er put distant impervious of its claims, including erstwhile Congress passed this unconstitutional law. Today, erstwhile again, nan authorities is taking this unprecedented measurement while hiding down concealed information. We stay assured we will prevail successful court.'

Oral arguments for nan lawsuit are scheduled for September.