A resolution relative to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.
- Last Action
- 2/3/2021
Actions
- 2021-01-22Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-01-22Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-01-22 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (1)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
Subjects
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Justice
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public-private cooperation
- Terrorism
- Violent crime
- White-collar crime
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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