SAFE Platforms Act

This bill would bar online platforms with at least 100,000 monthly users or more than $25 million in yearly revenue from materially contributing to fraudulent content aimed at consumers. Platforms would have to add a "Report Scam" button, set default privacy settings that hide accounts, posts, location, and direct messaging from unconnected users unless the user chooses otherwise, and take steps to stop banned users from making new accounts. Platforms would also have to verify the identity of advertisers, apply extra checks to advertisers in high-risk categories such as financial services, health, housing, and gambling, and show users basic information about advertisers. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general could enforce the law, and injured people could sue platforms in court.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Valerie P. Foushee Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors