S. 4859, titled “Standing to Challenge Government Censorship Act,” aims to prevent federal employees and contractors from directing online platforms to censor speech protected by the First Amendment. It prohibits employees from using their authority to encourage online...
The bill wants to stop government workers from telling websites to change or hide what people say online, and if they do, people can sue them for doing it.
H. R. 9207, titled the “Standing to Challenge Government Censorship Act,” is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at preventing federal employees and contractors from directing online platforms to censor speech protected by the First Amendment. The...
H. R. 9207 wants to stop people who work for the U.S. government from telling websites to remove or hide things people say, unless a judge says it's okay. If someone thinks this rule was broken, they can ask the court to help them.
H.R. 6996 aims to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prevent foreign nationals from purchasing political advertisements in the United States. The bill requires broadcast stations, cable and satellite TV providers, and online platforms to make reasonable...
H.R. 6996 wants to make sure that people from other countries can't buy TV or online ads to influence elections in the U.S. It asks TV stations and websites to check carefully if someone trying to buy an ad is actually from another country.
H. R. 7730 is a proposed bill that requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the online sale of illicit drugs such as fentanyl and methamphetamine. The study will explore how these drugs are sold online, the involvement of underage individuals,...
H. R. 7730 is a plan to have smart people study how bad drugs are sold on the internet and what the government is doing to stop it. They will look at what tricks people use to sell these drugs and how companies try to catch them.
H.R. 8172, titled the “Consistent Labeling for Political Ads Act,” aims to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. It seeks to mandate that certain online platforms, specifically those with over 50 million monthly users in the U.S., must display a visible notice identifying the...
The bill wants websites with lots of visitors to show who paid for political ads, like who made them, so people can see who's behind them even if the ads get shared. It’s like adding a "name tag" on those ads so everyone knows who the message is from.
S. 3718 is a legislative proposal aimed at addressing the unauthorized sharing of intimate images. The bill, known as the "PROTECT Act of 2024," requires online platforms to verify users' identities and ages before allowing them to upload pornographic content. It also...
The PROTECT Act of 2024 wants to make sure that people can't share private pictures of others without their permission. It tells websites to check who people are before they can post adult pictures and sets big fines if they don't follow the rules.
H.R. 8463, known as the “SHIELD Act,” aims to prevent people from using someone else's identity to share particular harmful information online. It makes it illegal to post information that is libelous, slanderous, or criminal while pretending to be someone else without their...
H.R. 8463 wants to stop people from pretending to be someone else online to say mean or untrue things. If anyone does it, the person they pretended to be can ask a judge to help fix it and make the mean stuff go away.
H.R. 8989, known as the "TAKE IT DOWN Act," mandates that online platforms remove intimate images or videos shared without consent if they identify the person depicted. The bill updates the Communications Act to prohibit using online services to publish such content without consent,...
The "TAKE IT DOWN Act" is a rule that says websites have to take down private pictures and videos if someone shares them without asking the person in the picture first. It aims to protect people, especially kids, from having their pictures shown online without permission.
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