<story><title>TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill passed by Congress</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/23/congress-passes-spending-bill-with-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>NikolaNovak</author><text>I get that this is a thing - isolating one specific app for very specific reasons. I am honestly surprised it&amp;#x27;s a thing though - shouldn&amp;#x27;t all unapproved apps be disallowed from government devices? Whether Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pornhub or whatever - unless you have specific reasons such as e.g. PR position, shouldn&amp;#x27;t all these be relegated to your private device?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jvanderbot</author><text>Phones are managed by an employer. Government phones are managed by the agency that issues them. What the law does is ensure that all agencies do not have tiktok. Pornhub will also likely appear on banned app lists, but they didn&amp;#x27;t feel it necessary to make a law.&lt;p&gt;One interesting side effect, is that tiktok might now be bereft of government content, which sounds dry, but includes a lot of NASA&amp;#x27;s work.</text></comment>
<story><title>TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill passed by Congress</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/23/congress-passes-spending-bill-with-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>NikolaNovak</author><text>I get that this is a thing - isolating one specific app for very specific reasons. I am honestly surprised it&amp;#x27;s a thing though - shouldn&amp;#x27;t all unapproved apps be disallowed from government devices? Whether Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pornhub or whatever - unless you have specific reasons such as e.g. PR position, shouldn&amp;#x27;t all these be relegated to your private device?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>IE6</author><text>Yeah agreed - why does a government issued phone or device need anything more than what is necessary to perform their job?  They are compensated enough to have a separate non-work phone.</text></comment>