Stop the Censorship Act

Summary

Stop the Censorship Act This bill 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.

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Timeline

1. 25 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 July 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 July 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 25 July 2019 · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 July 2019

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Sponsors

• Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Ron Wright · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Stop the Censorship Act
• related to ← Stop the Censorship Act of 2020
• related to ← Stop Suppressing Speech Act of 2020