Stop the Censorship Act
Summary
Stop the Censorship Act This bill limits a social media company's immunity from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform. The bill applies such immunity when the company restricts content that is unlawful rather than merely objectionable. Under current law, such immunity also applies to actions taken to enable or make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is objectionable. The bill instead specifies that this immunity applies to actions taken to (1) make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is unlawful, or (2) provide users with the option to restrict access to any material.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 29, 2022
Last action Jul 29, 2022
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2
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Committee
1
Jul 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jul 29, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
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