United States of America: Introduced Language-Inclusive Support and Transparency for Online Services Act of 2023 (LISTOS Act/ S 1801) including content moderation authority governance

On 1 June 2023, the Language-Inclusive Support and Transparency for Online Services Act of 2023 (LISTOS Act) was introduced to the US Senate. The Act applies to platforms, including websites, internet applications, or mobile internet applications, that allow users to create, share, view, or search for and access user-generated or third-party content and have at least 10’000’000 monthly active users for 3 or more of the past 12 months within the United States. Regarding the nondiscriminatory application of language technologies that detect, process, or generate language into a machine-readable format or make automated decisions related to content removal, a new authority would be established. As part of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Advisory Group on Language-Sensitive Technologies would provide guidance to the FTC on best practices for private enterprises using tools based on artificial intelligence.