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Which applications are currently prohibited on federal and DoW devices?

The capability requirement in Pillar 4 of the flagship entry doesn't change when an app is renamed, sold, or added to a list. This page is the churn; Pillar 4 is the constant. Recheck intervals below follow the site's predicate-type taxonomy (see the Style Guide).

Federal

App-specific federal restrictions, current status, and how often each is rechecked
App / vendorTierStatusRecheck interval
TikTok (USDS JV) Statute Outside the Act per OLC, as of March 2026. State instruments unaffected; agency discretion preserved. Event trigger
DeepSeek Policy only No federal statute. H.R. 1121 / S. 765 introduced Feb. 2025, still in committee as of August 2026. Agency bans in place at Commerce, Navy, and NASA. 60 days

State

Limited to jurisdictions verified against primary instrument text. See the ongoing 51-jurisdiction survey for states still in progress.

State-level restrictions verified against primary source text
JurisdictionApp / entity scopeInstrumentReaches personal BYOD?Recheck interval
Maine TikTok (named); entities designated under 15 CFR § 791.4 Directive 2023-01, PL 2023 ch. 681, OIT Directive 2024-02 Yes, explicit 6 months
Texas TikTok/ByteDance-affiliated apps (ch. 620); RedNote, Webull, Tiger Brokers, Moomoo, Lemon8, WeChat/Tencent, Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, Kaspersky, plus any listed entity's subsidiary or affiliate (DIR/TXCC list) Abbott directive, SB 1893/ch. 620, DIR/TXCC prohibited-technologies list Yes, explicit 3 months (DIR list), 6 months (ch. 620 text)

The Texas list was last updated January 2026; whether that predates or postdates the January 22, 2026 TikTok USDS joint venture close hasn't been confirmed.