United States of America: Introduced Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022
Description
Introduced Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022
On 23 February 2022, the Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022 is introduced in the U.S. House. The Act aims to establish a Bureau of Digital Services Oversight and Safety within the Federal Trade Commission, which would be responsible for the oversight of digital platforms regarding online content. Regarding content moderation, the Act would introduce reporting duties to the Bureau and the requirement of an internal complaint mechanism for users to appeal content moderation decisions. Regarding recommender systems, the Act would introduce transparency requirements and the right for users to opt out of content recommendations based on personal user information.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
Key regulatory dimensions
Regulated subjects
The businesses, government agencies or individuals affected by this policy or regulatory change.
producer / supplier
1
Type
Private organisation
Economic activity
platform intermediary: other
Category
All
2
Type
Any
Economic activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Category
All
3
Type
Any
Economic activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Category
All
Policy change by business practice
The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.
user content: any format: hosting (any form)
Regulatory tool
Complaint mechanism requirement
Obligation to make customer data available to government agencies
Sanctions
Regulated subjects
2 3
Regulatory tool
Risk or other impact assessment requirement
Audit requirement
User or public algorithm description requirement
Sanctions
Regulated subjects
3
Regulatory tool
User or public reporting requirement
Creation of other oversight body
Sanctions
Determined by existing law or regulation
Regulated subjects
1 2 3