PROMISE Act
Summary
Promoting Responsibility Over Moderation In the Social-media Environment Act or the PROMISE Act This bill requires interactive computer services (e.g., social media companies) to establish and publicly disclose policies for moderating content on their services. This includes the categories of information that are not permitted on the service, the process by which information posted on the service is moderated, and how the service provider notifies users that information has been moderated. These moderation policies are enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 24, 2021
Last action Feb 24, 2021
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2
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1
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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