Search Results: keywords:"content moderation"

  • H. R. 9126 — To require digital social companies to adopt terms of service that meet certain minimum requirements.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,347

    H.R. 9126, titled the "Digital Social Platform Transparency Act," aims to mandate that digital social companies clearly post and maintain terms of service for each platform they operate. These terms must be accessible and include contact information, content flagging...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 9126 is a bill that wants social media companies to clearly tell people their rules and how they handle bad behavior online, just like how playgrounds have rules to keep everyone safe. If they don't follow these rules, they might have to pay money every day until they do.

  • S. 66 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to instruct Inspectors General to report to Congress on social media communications.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:372

    S. 66, known as the "Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act," aims to amend title 5 of the United States Code. The bill instructs Inspectors General to include details about communications between government agencies and various internet service or content providers...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill asks government helpers (Inspectors General) to tell Congress about the chats and messages government workers have with companies like Facebook or Google, especially when talking about rules for online things like posts and videos.

  • S. 5500 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to instruct Inspectors General to report to Congress on social media communications.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:323

    The S. 5500 bill, titled the “Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act,” aims to change title 5 of the United States Code. It requires Inspectors General to report to Congress details about any communication between government establishments and internet services,...

    Simple Explanation

    The S. 5500 bill wants to make sure everyone knows when government workers talk to social media companies to change or manage things people post online. It aims to help by having special inspectors tell Congress about these talks, so everything stays clear and open.

  • S. 69 — To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to address governmental interference in content moderation decisions by providers of interactive computer services, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:758

    The COLLUDE Act seeks to amend the Communications Act of 1934, specifically by changing Section 230, which deals with content moderation by online services. It proposes to strip legal protections from online platforms that engage in censorship of political speech influenced...

    Simple Explanation

    The COLLUDE Act wants to change a law so that if the government tells online platforms what political speech to block, those platforms won't be protected by law unless it's for real police or safety reasons. It also says that if there's a court case about this, the platform has to prove they didn't publish the wrong stuff.