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S.27 - See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021117th Congress (2021-2022) |

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Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] (Introduced 01/22/2021)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 01/22/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in Senate (01/22/2021)

See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021

This bill requires an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that detects a suspicious transmission to submit a suspicious transmission activity report (STAR) describing the suspicious transmission.

A suspicious transmission is any post, message, comment, tag, or other user-generated content or transmission that commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime.

Each STAR must be submitted to the Department of Justice and contain (1) the name, location, and other identification information submitted by the user; (2) the date and nature of the user-generated content or transmission detected for suspicious activity; and (3) any relevant text, information, and metadata related to the suspicious transmission.

Any provider of an interactive computer service that fails to report a known suspicious transmission shall not be immune from liability for such transmission and may be held liable as a publisher for the related suspicious transmission.