Bill Sponsor
House Bill 8596
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 16, 2020
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Oct 16, 2020
Latest Action
Oct 16, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
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
8596
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.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
Arizona
Republican
Florida
Republican
North Carolina
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House 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.

Text (1)
October 16, 2020
Actions (2)
10/16/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
10/16/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:32 PM