HR 4782 · 116th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act

Introduced 2019-10-22· Sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]· House

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Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.(2020-12-21)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act This bill establishes the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security to address content on online and social media platforms that implicates national security concerns. Specifically, the commission shall identify, examine, and report on the ways online platforms have been used in furtherance or support of targeted violence or covert foreign state influence campaigns and how addressing such uses impacts users' free speech, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Consistent with these purposes, the commission must analyze (1) online platforms' responses to such usage; (2) the impacts of algorithms and automated decision-making systems on the rights and privacy of users; and (3) the extent to which online platforms have transparent, consistent, and equitable policies and procedures to address violations of platform rules. The commission must then develop recommendations for how online platforms could address improper use through methods that are transparent and accountable while continuing to promote free speech and innovation on the internet and preserving individual privacy and civil rights. Add…

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H.R. 4782, National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act

Nov 1, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 23, 2019

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Cosponsors (18)

17 Democrats1 Republican