US Congress House Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that an owner or operator of a social media service shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of user-generated content (and, therefore, may potentially be held liable with respect to such content) if the service or its algorithm does any of the following: displays user-generated content in an order that is not chronological; delays the display of such content relative to other content; or hinders the display of such content for reasons other than to carry out the user's direction or to restrict material that the provider or user considers obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.

Biased Algorithm Deterrence Act of 2019

Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-01-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-01-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/492/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr492/BILLS-116hr492ih.pdf