DETOUR Act
Latest action · Dec 16, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction Act or the DETOUR Act
This bill prohibits large online operators from manipulating their products to mislead consumers into providing personal information or giving consent. The bill further prohibits these operators from (1) studying the behavioral patterns of subsets of users without first obtaining informed consent, (2) designing online products that lead to compulsive usage, or (3) designing products directed to children that lead to an increase in the use of products through which users interact with other users without parental consent.
The bill also requires large online operators conducting psychological or behavioral research to disclose certain information, discontinue such research if consent was improperly acquired, and establish an independent review board.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Behavioral sciences
- Child health
- Commerce
- Computers and information technology
- Consumer affairs
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
- Mental health
- Right of privacy
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Introduced in House
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