To require social media companies to establish an office dedicated to identifying and removing violent or extremist content associated with or distributed by any entity identified as a terrorist organization.
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Latest Action · December 21, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Online Terrorism Prevention Act
This bill requires each social media company to establish an office to identify and remove violent or extremist content associated with or distributed by a terrorist organization. In addition, the bill requires enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and authorizes enforcement by state attorneys general and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A social media company is any person with annual revenues in excess of $10 million generated from owning, managing, or operating a website or internet medium that allows a person to establish an account or create a profile to create, share, and view user-generated content.
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