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House Bill 7808
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Stop the Censorship Act of 2020
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H. R. 7808 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7808


To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 29, 2020

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Norman, Mr. Gooden, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Banks, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Wright, Mr. Grothman, and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Stop the Censorship Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Revocation of immunities.

Section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(c)) is amended—

(1) in the heading, by striking “and Screening of Offensive Material” and inserting “of unlawful or objectionable material”; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) in subparagraph (A)—

(i) by striking “or otherwise objectionable” and inserting “, unlawful, or that promotes violence or terrorism”; and

(ii) by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “paragraph (1).” and inserting “subparagraph (A); or”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) any action taken to provide users with the option to restrict access to any other material, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected.”.