The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (“FAR Council”) published an interim rule on June 2 prohibiting federal contractors from using TikTok on government devices, The rule specifies that the ban on TikTok and other ByteDance-developed services “applies to devices regardless of whether the device is owned by the government, the contractor or the contractor's employees,” including “employee-owned devices that are used as part of an employer bring your own device program." Personally-owned mobile devices that are not used “in the performance of the contract” are exempted from the ban. This rule will impact any advertising agencies who contracts with federal government agencies. While the FAR Council has invited comments from the public up until Aug. 1, the rule is being implemented with immediate effect. 

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