Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1916
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Protecting Children from Online Predators Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jun 20, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 20, 2019
Latest Action
Jun 20, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1916
Congress
116
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Missouri
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Protecting Children from Online Predators Act of 2019

This bill generally prohibits a covered interactive computer service from recommending a video to a user if such service knows or should have known that the video features one or more minors. (A covered interactive computer service refers to an interactive computer service that hosts or displays user-submitted video content and makes recommendations to users about which videos to view, including by automatically playing a video at the end of another video.)

Specifically, the bill requires a covered interactive computer service to ask each user who uploads video content to the service (1) whether the video features one or more minors; and (2) whether, in the case of a video that features one or more minors, the user wants to restrict the video to nonpublic viewership or make the video publicly available.

A covered interactive computer service may be held liable if the service recommends a video designated by the user who uploaded the video as featuring one or more minors, or the service recommends a video that was incorrectly designated by the user who uploaded the video as not featuring one or more minors.

The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
06/20/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
06/20/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:59 PM