Progress

Current status
rejected
03 Jan 2023 rejected
26 Jan 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
User speech right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

03 Jan 2023
rejected

Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including user speech right protection

On 3 January 2023, the Adversarial Platform Prevention Act of 2021 (APP Act) was rejected after failing to pass before the 117th Congress adjourned.

Source
Event type law
Action type rejection
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
26 Jan 2021
under deliberation

Introduced Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including user speech right protection

On 26 January 2021, the Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Act introduces user speech rights protection for certain foreign software providers in order to operate in the United States. The Act would appl…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament