United States of America: Introduction of Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 in US House and Senate

On 3 February 2022, the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 (HR 6580 ) is introduced in the United States Senate and House of Representatives simultaneously. The Bill aims to address the safety risks, bias, unintentional errors and flawed design choices reported from the use of automated systems. The Bill would require companies to conduct a risk assessment to determine the impact of automating critical decision-making processes and to report the findings to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Furthermore, the Bill would require the FTC to publish guidelines regarding the risk assessment and reporting, issue an annual report on trends of automation and create a public database to enable consumers to verify which critical decisions have been automated.