Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

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This bill limits a social media company's immunity from liability if it promotes certain content on its platform.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 23, 2021

Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

This bill limits a social media company's immunity from liability if it promotes certain content on its platform.

Specifically, the bill removes this immunity from a social media company with more than 10 million monthly users if it utilizes an algorithm, model, or other computational process to amplify or recommend content to a user that is directly relevant to a claim involving (1) interference with civil rights, (2) neglect to prevent interference with civil rights, or (3) acts of international terrorism.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

Latest action (Mar 24, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 23, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.