According to an announcement by the U.S. side on the 11th, the U.S. government on August 11 revoked the measure that banned the use of the video-sharing app "TikTok" on federal government devices. The reason is said to be that with the restructuring of TikTok's U.S. operations, it no longer poses a national security threat.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in a memorandum dated the 10th, revoked this ban, which was issued in 2023. Prior to this, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a written opinion, had concluded that TikTok no longer falls under the category of "covered applications" as defined by relevant laws.

In the U.S., since the end of 2022, the federal government and several states had prohibited the use of TikTok on government electronic devices, citing so-called "data security" as the reason. (Provided by/CGTN Japanese)