US govt now bans TikTok from contractors' work gear
The US federal government's ban on TikTok has been extended to include devices used by its many contractors - even those that are privately owned. The bottom line: if some electronics are used for government work, it better not have any ByteDance bits on it.was jointly issued by NASA, the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration, which handles contracting for US federal agencies.
"This prohibition applies to devices regardless of whether the device is owned by the government, the contractor, or the contractor's employees. A personally-owned cell phone that is not used in the performance of the contract is not subject to the prohibition," the trio said in their update notice published in the Federal Register.
The rule would apply to all contracts, even those below the"simplified acquisition threshold" of $250,000, purchases of commercial and off-the-shelf equipment, and commercial services so get ready to wipe those company phones, cloud services providers and MSPs that do business with Uncle Sam. The rule went into effect the day it was published in the Federal Register - June 2 - meaning any government contracts issued will now have to include language regarding the ban. Contracts that have already been cut, but have yet to be completed, are being given a month to file amendments adding the TikTok ban.
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