US Congress House Bill 4027 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on July 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limits a social media company's immunity from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform. The bill applies such immunity when the company restricts content that is unlawful rather than merely objectionable. Under current law, such immunity also applies to actions taken to enable or make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is objectionable. The bill instead specifies that this immunity applies to actions taken to (1) make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is unlawful, or (2) provide users with the option to restrict access to any material.

Stop the Censorship Act

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-07-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-07-25	House	Introduced in House

HB7808 (Related) 2020-07-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB4828 (Related) 2020-10-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4027/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4027/BILLS-116hr4027ih.pdf