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Algorithm Accountability Act

USA119th CongressS-3193| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2025
John R. Curtis

John R. Curtis

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
The "Algorithm Accountability Act" amends Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to introduce a significant limitation on liability protection for certain social media platforms. It establishes a new "duty of care" requiring providers to exercise reasonable care in the design, training, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of their recommendation-based algorithms . This duty aims to prevent reasonably foreseeable bodily injury or death to users, or inflicted by users, that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the algorithm's design or performance. A social media platform violating this duty of care loses its liability protection under Section 230(c)(1), opening it to legal action. Furthermore, individuals suffering bodily injury or death due to such a violation gain a private right of action to sue the platform for compensatory and punitive damages. The bill explicitly invalidates predispute arbitration agreements and waivers for these specific disputes, ensuring access to court, and includes exceptions for content sorted chronologically or initial search results, while also protecting First Amendment-protected speech.
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Timeline
Nov 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Nov 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 21, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-6266
Introduced in House
  • November 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • November 21, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-6266
    Introduced in House

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 119-6266: Algorithm Accountability Act

Algorithm Accountability Act

USA119th CongressS-3193| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2025
The "Algorithm Accountability Act" amends Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to introduce a significant limitation on liability protection for certain social media platforms. It establishes a new "duty of care" requiring providers to exercise reasonable care in the design, training, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of their recommendation-based algorithms . This duty aims to prevent reasonably foreseeable bodily injury or death to users, or inflicted by users, that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the algorithm's design or performance. A social media platform violating this duty of care loses its liability protection under Section 230(c)(1), opening it to legal action. Furthermore, individuals suffering bodily injury or death due to such a violation gain a private right of action to sue the platform for compensatory and punitive damages. The bill explicitly invalidates predispute arbitration agreements and waivers for these specific disputes, ensuring access to court, and includes exceptions for content sorted chronologically or initial search results, while also protecting First Amendment-protected speech.
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Timeline
Nov 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Nov 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 21, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-6266
Introduced in House
  • November 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • November 21, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-6266
    Introduced in House
John R. Curtis

John R. Curtis

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 119-6266: Algorithm Accountability Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted