United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8612 (117th)
Stop the Censorship Act
Introduced
29 July 2022
Last action
29 July 2022 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9], Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4], Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1], Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5], Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6], Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22], Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5], Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7], Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15], Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 January 2025
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
29 July 2022
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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29 July 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
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29 July 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
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Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 29 July 2022 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Stop the Censorship Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8612
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8612
- us · 117-hr-8612 · source updated 3 January 2025