Bill > S3193

This bill proposes to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 by introducing new provisions that limit liability protection for social media platforms, specifically focusing on the design and operation of recommendation-based algorithms. The bill requires social media platforms to exercise "reasonable care" in designing, training, testing, and maintaining recommendation algorithms to prevent bodily injury or death that could be reasonably foreseen as a result of the algorithm's design. Platforms with over 1 million registered users would be subject to these requirements, with specific exceptions for chronological content sorting and initial user-initiated searches. If a platform fails to meet this duty of care, it could lose its existing liability protections and become subject to civil lawsuits by individuals who suffer injury. The bill defines a "recommendation-based algorithm" as an automated system that ranks, promotes, or curates content based on user personal data, and provides a detailed definition of what constitutes a "social media platform". Importantly, the bill includes protections for First Amendment speech and contains a severability clause to ensure that if one part of the legislation is found unconstitutional, the rest remains valid. The bill also makes several technical amendments to other pieces of legislation to align with these changes.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3193/all-info