Algorithm Accountability Act

This bill would change Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, the federal law that shields online platforms from liability for user content. It would require large for-profit social media platforms to use reasonable care in designing and running recommendation algorithms that use personal data, to prevent foreseeable bodily injury or death to users or caused by users. Platforms that fail to meet this duty would lose Section 230 liability protection, and injured people or their legal representatives could sue in federal court for compensatory and punitive damages. The duty would not apply to chronological feeds or to initial results of a user's search, and platforms with fewer than 1,000,000 registered users and certain services like email, direct messaging, and review sites would be excluded. Predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers could not be enforced for these claims.

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Sponsors

• Mike Kennedy Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors