Sen. Tim Scott pushes bill that would require disclosure of apps’ country of origin – By Chelsey Cox (CNBC) / May 30, 2023
- Republican senators led by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., introduced legislation to require app stores to list apps’ country of origin.
- The proposed bill came days after Scott announced he’s running for president.
- Scott has previously called for the U.S. to cut ties between TikTok and China-based parent company ByteDance.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is pushing for more transparency from social media applications amid privacy concerns about China-based apps like TikTok.
The Know Your App Act aims to increase consumer awareness of the ownership of apps by requiring stores like Google
Under the bill, the Treasury and Commerce departments will be required to develop a list of adversarial governments with potentially undue control over application content moderation, algorithm design or data transfers, according to a statement released Tuesday. App stores would be charged to warn users of the risks of downloading foreign applications and provide a filtering method by country of origin.
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