Senate Bill 3983
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jun 17, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3983
Congress
116
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
Primary focus of measure is natural sciences, space exploration, research policy and funding, research and development, STEM education, scientific cooperation and communication; technology policies, telecommunication, information technology; digital media, journalism. Measures concerning scientific education may fall under Education policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act
This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party.
An edge provider is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide.
June 17, 2020
06/17/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
06/17/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:46:14 PM