TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues

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R46543

Version

17

Product type

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Status

Archived

Published

Jun 30, 2023

Source updated

May 1, 2026, 12:09 pm UTC

Authors: Patricia Moloney Figliola

Source topics: South & Southeast Asia, Major Economies & U.S. Trade Relations

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• HR 1153DATA Act
  118th Congress
• HR 750To require any person that sells or distributes a mobile application that the Federal Government has prohibited for Government-owned devices to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads, updates, or otherwise uses such application, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 503To impose sanctions with respect to TikTok, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• S 686A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to review and prohibit certain transactions between persons in the United States and foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 2617To amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• S 1143A bill to prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation.
  117th Congress
• HR 8772To establish certain requirements relating to TikTok, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 6837To prohibit employees of the Department of Homeland Security, or individuals performing work under a contract on behalf of the Department, from downloading or using TikTok on any information technology issued by the Department, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 4793To regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile applications or software programs that engage in the theft of user data on behalf of a communist country, foreign adversary, or state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 4521To provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.
  117th Congress
• HR 3057To require ByteDance to divest itself of certain assets, and to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review certain business relationships between ByteDance and United States businesses, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• S 1260A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 2566To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation.
  117th Congress
• S 85A bill to impose sanctions with respect to TikTok, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 231To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to an institution of higher education unless the institution has banned use of TikTok on electronic devices, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 57To regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile applications or software programs that engage in the theft of user data on behalf of a communist country, foreign adversary, or state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• S 47A bill to require software marketplace operators and owners of covered foreign software to provide consumers with a warning prior to the download of such software, to establish consumer data protections, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress