3.0.0 2125 2022-11-01T13:50:37Z 2022-11-01T13:50:37Z Senate S 2019-07-16 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-16T15:13:39Z Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019 116 4536 HR 2019-09-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2019-07-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Digital media Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Freedom of information Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media News media and reporting Political advertising Subversive activities Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-20T14:45:14Z Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019

This bill requires social media providers to establish and implement policies that require their users to publicly disclose the use of any automated software program or process intended to impersonate or replicate human activity (i.e., bots) on the provider’s social media website. Social media providers also must establish processes for identifying and removing the online activity of a user or profile making use of an automated software program that intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online and does not comply with the disclosure requirements.

In addition, political candidates and political parties are prohibited from using automated software programs for public communications and from soliciting, accepting, purchasing, or selling such programs. Further, political committees, corporations, and labor organizations are prohibited from using automated software programs to communicate messages that advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate or in any other electioneering communication.

]]> Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019 Display Title Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the right of the American public under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to receive news and information from disparate sources by regulating the use of automated software programs intended to impersonate or replicate human activity on social media. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2125is/xml/BILLS-116s2125is.xml 2019-07-16 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.