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United States of America: Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including user speech right protection

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Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including user speech right protection

On 3 January 2023, the Adversarial Platform Prevention Act of 2021 (APP Act) was rejected after failing to pass before the 117th Congress adjourned.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
User speech right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2021-01-26
under deliberation

On 26 January 2021, the Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate…

2023-01-03
rejected

On 3 January 2023, the Adversarial Platform Prevention Act of 2021 (APP Act) was rejected after fai…