United States of America: Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2023 (SHIELD Act/S 412)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
14 Feb 2023 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Introduced Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2023 (SHIELD Act/S 412)
On 14 February 2023, the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2023 (SHIELD Act/S 412) was introduced in the United States Senate. The Act would prohibit the distribution of "intimate visual depictions", defined as ima…
Event type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament