Algorithm Accountability Act

This bill would change Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which shields online services from liability for content posted by users. It would require for-profit social media platforms with at least 1,000,000 registered users to use reasonable care in designing and running recommendation algorithms that use a user's personal data, to prevent foreseeable bodily injury or death linked to those algorithms. Content sorted by time or shown in response to a user's own initial search would not be covered. A platform that breaks this duty would lose its Section 230 liability protection, and injured people or their legal representatives could sue in federal court for compensatory and punitive damages. Agreements signed before a dispute that require arbitration or block group lawsuits could not be enforced for these claims.

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Sponsors

• John R. Curtis Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors