S. 27 · 117th Congress · Senate

See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced
Jan 22, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021

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.

Action Timeline

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  1. JAN 22, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JAN 22, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Jan 22, 2021

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