Apps owned by Beijing-based technology company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, will be blocked and removed from House devices starting Aug. 15, according to an internal memo sent to congressional offices Tuesday.
The process will begin with steps to remove ByteDance apps — including CapCut, Hypic, Lark and Lemon8 — on House mobile devices.
“If you have a ByteDance application on your House-managed mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it,” states the memo, signed by House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor.
