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Removes Section 230 immunity for large social media platforms that intentionally or knowingly host false information about how elections are administered, and creates a notice-and-removal process plus civil enforcement. Platforms meeting a 25 million unique monthly U.S. user threshold must accept complaints, review notices, and remove or disable access to specified false election administration information within set timeframes or face civil actions by the U.S. Attorney General, certain State officials, and eligible candidates.
The bill defines key terms (covered election, false election administration information, social media platform), excludes certain political speech about candidates or parties from the definition of ‘‘false election administration information,’’ sets a $50,000 statutory damage per item for violations (plus injunctive relief), and makes the new rules apply to content hosted on or after the date of enactment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced March 4, 2025 by Peter Welch · Last progress 1 year ago