3.0.0 921 2025-05-27T14:16:13Z 2025-05-27T14:16:13Z Senate S S 2023-03-22 118 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-22T18:18:04Z 2023-03-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-03-22 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2023-04-06T14:15:22Z

00 2023-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2024-02-03T02:16:54Z <p><strong>Disincentivizing Internet Service Censorship of Online Users and Restrictions on Speech and Expression Act or the DISCOURSE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits federal liability protections for a user or provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) related to content provided by third parties. It also requires a provider that offers its service through a mass-market offering to the public to disclose information about its content moderation activities.</p> <p>The bill removes liability protections (sometimes referred to as section 230 protection) for a provider with a dominant market share if the provider</p> <ul> <li>promotes or suppresses a viewpoint through its content moderation, including by affecting a content creator's revenue;</li> <li>uses automated processes (e.g., algorithms) to target and amplify content provided to a user who has not requested or searched for the content; or</li> <li>solicits, funds, modifies, or otherwise contributes to content.</li> </ul> <p>Currently, a provider retains liability protections even when it restricts access to materials that it considers objectionable. Under this bill, a provider retains protections if restricted materials fall, based on an objectively reasonable belief, into a prescribed list of harmful or unlawful categories.</p> <p>Additionally, the liability protections shall not apply to providers that (1) restrict access to content in a manner that burdens the exercise of religion, or (2) fail to comply with an existing requirement to notify customers of options for limiting a minor's access to harmful online content (e.g., parental controls).</p> <p>The bill also changes legal procedures related to the liability protections, including by specifying that the protection serves as an affirmative defense.</p>

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