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United States of America: Introduced Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

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Introduced Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

On 14 February 2022, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (SB-1018) was introduced in the California Senate. The Bill Bill would require online platforms collecting personally identifiable information about consumers to publish their privacy policy on their website and disclose how it moderates online content and their data processing activities.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2022-02-14
under deliberation

On 14 February 2022, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (SB-1018) was introduced in t…

2022-03-10
under deliberation

On 10 March 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended in the Cal…

2022-05-19
under deliberation

On 19 May 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act was amended by the Califo…

2022-06-23
under deliberation

On 23 June 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended by the Cali…

2022-08-24
under deliberation

On 24 August 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended by the Ca…

2022-08-30
adopted

On 30 August 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was adopted by the Ca…