United States of America: Adopted Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

On 30 August 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was adopted by the California State Legislature after several amendments and went to the Governor for signing. The Bill requires social media platforms with at least 1 million unique monthly users to make public on an annual basis statistics regarding the extent to which content determined as violating the platform's policies was amplified by platform algorithms before and after such determination. Furthermore, the Bill would require online platforms to disaggregate the information by the type of content and category of violated policy. Finally, in case of non-compliance, platforms face a fine of USD 100'000 per violation. The latest amendment moved the disclosure deadline from 1 July 2023 to 1 October 2024.