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United States of America: Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 including data protection requirements

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Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 including data protection requirements

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
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
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…