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Introduced
10/22/2019
10/22/2019
In Committee
10/23/2019
10/23/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To establish a national commission on online platforms and homeland security, and for other purposes. This bill establishes the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security to address content on online and social media platforms that implicates national security concerns. Specifically, the commission shall identify, examine, and report on the ways online platforms have been used in furtherance or support of targeted violence or covert foreign state influence campaigns and how addressing such uses impacts users' free speech, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Consistent with these purposes, the commission must analyze (1) online platforms' responses to such usage; (2) the impacts of algorithms and automated decision-making systems on the rights and privacy of users; and (3) the extent to which online platforms have transparent, consistent, and equitable policies and procedures to address violations of platform rules. The commission must then develop recommendations for how online platforms could address improper use through methods that are transparent and accountable while continuing to promote free speech and innovation on the internet and preserving individual privacy and civil rights. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security must (1) research whether any connection exists between the use of online platforms and targeted violence; and (2) develop voluntary approaches that could be adopted by online platforms to address any correlations found while still preserving the individual privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of users.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security to address content on online and social media platforms that implicates national security concerns. The commission will identify, examine, and report on the ways online platforms have been used in furtherance of targeted violence or covert foreign state influence campaigns, and how addressing such uses impacts users' free speech, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. The commission must then develop recommendations for how online platforms could address improper use through transparent and accountable methods that continue to promote free speech and innovation on the internet while preserving individual privacy and civil rights. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security must research any connection between the use of online platforms and targeted violence, and develop voluntary approaches that could be adopted by online platforms to address any correlations found while still preserving user privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Security, Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (19)
Bennie Thompson (D)*,
Cindy Axne (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Ed Case (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Lou Correa (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
James Langevin (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Donald Payne (D),
Cedric Richmond (D),
Max Rose (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Van Taylor (R),
Dina Titus (D),
Xochitl Torres Small (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566. (on 12/21/2020)
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