Federal employees can download TikTok on their work phones again

联邦政府雇员现可重新在工作手机上下载 TikTok

The Department of Justice says that federal employees can now download TikTok on their government devices, according to Reuters. 据路透社报道，美国司法部表示，联邦政府雇员现在可以在其政府设备上下载 TikTok。

A 2022 law banned federal employees from using the short-form video app on those devices, but the DOJ reportedly says the law no longer applies, thanks to a deal transferring ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a joint venture backed by Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. (Oracle serves as the security partner for the new joint venture, while previous owner ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake.) 2022 年的一项法律曾禁止联邦雇员在这些设备上使用该短视频应用，但据报道，司法部表示该法律已不再适用。这得益于一项协议，该协议将 TikTok 美国业务的所有权转让给了一家由甲骨文（Oracle）、银湖资本（Silver Lake）和 MGX 支持的合资企业。（甲骨文担任该新合资企业的安全合作伙伴，而原所有者字节跳动保留了 19.9% 的股份。）

The DOJ memo reportedly says President Donald Trump has cleared “employees of Executive Branch agencies” to “download TikTok onto their official devices, subject to the agency’s discretion and consistent with all applicable workplace policies.” 据报道，司法部的备忘录称，唐纳德·特朗普总统已批准“行政部门机构的雇员”“在官方设备上下载 TikTok，但需遵循各机构的裁量权，并符合所有适用的工作场所政策。”

Following the ban focused on government employees and devices, the app was banned more broadly across the United States. But just as the law took effect early last year, the app only went down briefly before Trump repeatedly delayed the move and urged service providers to restore access. 在针对政府雇员和设备的禁令之后，该应用在美国范围内遭到了更广泛的封禁。但就在去年年初法律生效时，该应用仅短暂下架，随后特朗普多次推迟了这一举措，并敦促服务提供商恢复访问权限。