“This exponentially increases security risk on all of these devices where TikTok will be downloaded, and it’s for what benefit?” Specifically, the DOJ opinion found that the new TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture does not fall within the scope of a governmentwide ban on the app established under the 2022 No TikTok on Government Devices Act. Now that the prohibition is lifted, TikTok gets the same treatment as other social media sites like X and LinkedIn, she said in the emailed statement. But he argued that’s generally not how the Trump administration has been handling social media. “But right now, what the agencies are doing on social media is not particularly helpful for folks on average,” he said.