National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act

HB 4782 National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act

US Congress 116th Congress

National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act
HB-4782


About HB-4782

Establishes the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security to address content on online and social media platforms that implicates national security concerns. Specifically, the commission shall identify, examine, and report on the ways online platforms have been used in furtherance or support of targeted violence or covert foreign state influence campaigns and how addressing such uses impacts users' free speech, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Consistent with these purposes, the commission must analyze

  • (1) online platforms' responses to such usage;
  • (2) the impacts of algorithms and automated decision-making systems; and
  • (3) the extent to which online platforms have transparent, consistent, and equitable policies and procedures to address violations of platform rules

The commission must then develop recommendations for how online platforms could address improper use through methods that are transparent and accountable while continuing to promote free speech and innovation on the internet and preserving individual privacy and civil rights. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security must

  • (1) research whether any connection exists between the use of online platforms and targeted violence; and
  • (2) develop voluntary approaches that could be adopted by online platforms to address any correlations found while still preserving the individual privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of users.

  

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Introduced 12/23/2020

Introduced 10/30/2019

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History

Reported (amended) By The Committee On Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-683, Part I.

12/21/2020

Committee On Energy And Commerce Discharged.

12/21/2020

Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.

12/21/2020

Referred To The Subcommittee On Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, And Innovation.

11/04/2019

Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held.

10/23/2019

Ordered To Be Reported (amended) By Unanimous Consent.

10/23/2019

Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology.

10/23/2019

Introduced In House

10/22/2019

Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security, And In Addition To The Committee On Energy And Commerce, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned.

10/22/2019