See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 29, 2020 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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020
This bill requires an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that detects a suspicious transmission to submit a suspicious transmission activity report (STAR) describing the suspicious transmission.
A suspicious transmission is any post, message, comment, tag, or other user-generated content or transmission that commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime.
Each STAR must be submitted to the Department of Justice and contain (1) the name, location, and other identification information submitted by the user; (2) the date and nature of the user-generated content or transmission detected for suspicious activity; and (3) any relevant text, information, and metadata related to the suspicious transmission.
Any provider of an interactive computer service that fails to report a known suspicious transmission shall not be immune from liability for such transmission and may be held liable as a publisher for the related suspicious transmission.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Justice
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public-private cooperation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Terrorism
- Violent crime
- White-collar crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
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