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Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

USA116th CongressS-3983| Senate 
| Updated: 6/17/2020
Josh Hawley

Josh Hawley

Republican Senator

Missouri

Cosponsors (4)
Mike Braun (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party. An edge provider is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide.
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Timeline
Jun 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jun 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8596
Introduced in House
  • June 17, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 17, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • October 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8596
    Introduced in House

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8596: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

USA116th CongressS-3983| Senate 
| Updated: 6/17/2020
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party. An edge provider is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide.
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Timeline
Jun 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jun 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8596
Introduced in House
  • June 17, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 17, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • October 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8596
    Introduced in House
Josh Hawley

Josh Hawley

Republican Senator

Missouri

Cosponsors (4)
Mike Braun (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8596: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted