Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

United States117th CongressS-3029Senate
Updated: Oct 20, 2021

Summary

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.

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HR-2154: Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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