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SENATE 27117th CongressSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S303; text: CR S321-322)

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
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