Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023 2024-05-31 Reported to House Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023 or the CAUTION Act of 2023

This bill requires any person who sells or distributes the social media application TikTok (or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited) to disclose, prior to download, that the use of the application is prohibited on devices owned by the federal government.

The bill provides the Federal Trade Commission with authority to enforce this requirement. 

]]> 2023-02-02 Introduced in House Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023 or the CAUTION Act of 2023

This bill requires any person who sells or distributes the social media application TikTok (or any service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited) to disclose, prior to download, that the use of the application is prohibited on devices owned by the federal government.

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