# Summary
The JAWBONE Act creates new legal protections against government pressure on social media platforms, broadcasters, and artificial intelligence systems to remove or modify content. The bill makes it illegal for federal agencies or employees to coerce these companies into taking "content actions"—such as removing posts, altering recommendations, or suspending accounts—for the purpose of suppressing disfavored speech. The law allows people harmed by such government pressure, including individual users, to sue in federal court and recover damages plus attorney fees, though it carves out exceptions for lawful law enforcement, court-authorized warrants, and official government use of these platforms.
The bill also requires federal agencies to log all their communications with these platforms regarding content moderation and expression issues, with these records transmitted to a central government portal within 120 days. The National Institute of Standards and Technology must develop standards for how agencies collect and report these communications within one year. A public website will display summaries of these communications (with some sensitive information redacted), and platforms can submit complaints about government pressure through a dedicated process that triggers Inspector General investigations. Agency Inspectors General must audit compliance with these requirements every two years.
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