Progress

Current status
rejected
28 Feb 2022 rejected
06 May 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Argentina
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

28 Feb 2022
rejected

Rejected Bill 848/20 on protection and defense against illegal content on social media platforms

On 28 February 2022, Bill 848/20 with the aim of protecting the victims of fake news and hate speech on social network platforms, was rejected after it failed to pass before the legislative session of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina closed. Pa…

Source
Event type law
Action type rejection
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
06 May 2020
under deliberation

Introduced Bill 848/20 on protection and defense against illegal content on social media platforms

On 6 May 2020, Bill 848/20 was introduced in the Senate of Argentina with the aim of protecting the victims of fake news and hate speech on social network platforms. Particularly, any social network service provider with more than one million users …

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