3.0.0 1914 2022-11-01T13:51:01Z 2022-11-01T13:51:01Z Senate S 2019-06-19 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-19T22:21:16Z 2019-06-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Employee hiring Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Political movements and philosophies Political parties and affiliation Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-01T19:07:35Z Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act

This bill prohibits a large social media company from moderating information on its platform from a politically biased standpoint.

Under current law, a social media company is generally immune from liability with respect to content posted on its platform by users and other content providers. However, the bill removes this statutory immunity unless the social media company obtains certification from the Federal Trade Commission that it does not moderate information on its platform in a manner that is biased against a political party, candidate, or viewpoint.

]]> Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act Display Title Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Decency Act to encourage providers of interactive computer services to provide content moderation that is politically neutral. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1914is/xml/BILLS-116s1914is.xml 2019-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.