United States of America: Announced Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 including content moderation regulation

On 27 July 2023, the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 was announced by US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham. The Act aims to regulate online platforms, including dominant digital platforms. The Act would require dominant digital platforms to disclose the criteria the operator employs in content moderation practices in their terms of services. The Act also requires the dominant platform to provide the user with a notice when it restricts access, blocks or deletes content published by the user. Further, the dominant platforms would be required to implement an appeal process for decisions about content restrictions. Dominant online platforms are allowed to block content without issuing a notice when the material relates to terrorism or other criminal activity, when there is imminent harm to others, or a law enforcement agency requests that the notice not be made.