SAFETY on Social Media Act of 2023

3.0.0 872 2025-05-27T14:13:41Z 2025-05-27T14:13:41Z Senate S S 2023-03-16 118 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-16T19:30:39Z 2023-03-16 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2023-04-13T15:30:24Z

00 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2024-02-02T20:30:38Z Stopping Attempts by Foreign Entities to Target Youths on Social Media Act Act [sic] of 2023 or the SAFETY on Social Media Act of 2023 This bill restricts domestic access to computer or mobile apps or websites (e.g., TikTok) of social media companies owned or controlled by countries of concern (China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia). The President must annually publish a list of these companies and block certain transactions involving them. A company must be listed if it <ul> <li>is a foreign entity owned or controlled by a country of concern;</li> <li>has more than a specified number of users or downloads; and</li> <li>has altered or may alter the content of apps or websites at the request of, or shared data about U.S. persons (individuals or entities) with, a country of concern.</li> </ul> Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission must prohibit access to listed companies' apps or websites through U.S. app stores and internet service providers. Further, the bill requires agents of listed companies to register with the Department of Justice and restricts access to U.S. visas by foreign nationals employed by listed companies. Foreign nationals are ineligible for U.S. visas (1) while employed by a listed company, and (2) for three years after either they terminate that employment or their employer is removed from the list. A foreign national of a country of concern who is employed by a listed company is also permanently ineligible for an H-1B visa (nonimmigrant workers in specialty occupations and fashion models).

SAFETY on Social Media Act of 2023 Display Title 45 SAFETY on Social Media Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:23:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SAFETY on Social Media Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:37Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Stopping Attempts by Foreign Entities to Target Youths on Social Media Act Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:37Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to identify social media entities under the influence of certain foreign entities and to take measures to protect the United States from such entities, and for other purposes. 2024-02-06T09:08:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s872is/xml/BILLS-118s872is.xml 2023-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.