Social Media NUDGE Act
Summary
Nudging Users to Drive Good Experiences on Social Media Act or the Social Media NUDGE Act This bill requires social media platforms that have more than 20 million monthly active users to implement certain content-agnostic interventions to address social media addiction and the amplification or prioritization of certain content. First, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must conduct a study to identify reasonable content-agnostic interventions such as limits on account creation and content sharing. Second, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must issue regulations requiring social media platforms to implement appropriate interventions identified by the study. The bill provides for enforcement of the requirements of this bill by the FTC.
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in committee
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Introduction
Feb 2022
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Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Last action Feb 9, 2022
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Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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