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minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoI thought government employees were already banned from having TikTok on their devices. Does that not also apply to military personnel?
minus-squareZapBeebz_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoTikTok is banned from official devices, i.e. and phone provided by the DoD, etc. There is no ban on it being on a personal phone; just a strong recommendation against having the app.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThat just doesn’t seem very enforceable.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoHow so? Have them use government equipment and restrict what gets installed on that equipment. It’s not that hard. They can use what they want on their personal devices, and the government can restrict access to their personal devices while they’re on duty
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoRight, so not banning it on their devices, which would be hard to enforce.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBanning on personal devices would likely be unconstitutional, unless there’s a nationwide ban. Banning on work devices is totally acceptable.
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHard to say, they’re in a different chain of command.
I thought government employees were already banned from having TikTok on their devices. Does that not also apply to military personnel?
TikTok is banned from official devices, i.e. and phone provided by the DoD, etc. There is no ban on it being on a personal phone; just a strong recommendation against having the app.
That just doesn’t seem very enforceable.
How so? Have them use government equipment and restrict what gets installed on that equipment. It’s not that hard.
They can use what they want on their personal devices, and the government can restrict access to their personal devices while they’re on duty
Right, so not banning it on their devices, which would be hard to enforce.
Banning on personal devices would likely be unconstitutional, unless there’s a nationwide ban. Banning on work devices is totally acceptable.
Hard to say, they’re in a different chain of command.