Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 16, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019
This bill requires social media providers to establish and implement policies that require their users to publicly disclose the use of any automated software program or process intended to impersonate or replicate human activity (i.e., bots) on the provider’s social media website. Social media providers also must establish processes for identifying and removing the online activity of a user or profile making use of an automated software program that intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online and does not comply with the disclosure requirements.
In addition, political candidates and political parties are prohibited from using automated software programs for public communications and from soliciting, accepting, purchasing, or selling such programs. Further, political committees, corporations, and labor organizations are prohibited from using automated software programs to communicate messages that advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate or in any other electioneering communication.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 16, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4536 | Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 27, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Digital media
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Freedom of information
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- News media and reporting
- Political advertising
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Subversive activities
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2019Introduced in Senate
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