,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,gohmert introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to provide that an owner 
or operator of a social media service   
that hinders the display of             
user-generated content shall be treated 
as a publisher or speaker of such       
content1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,biased ,algorithm ,deterrence ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,exception to protection 
from treatment as publisher or speaker  
,section #bcj of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7 is   
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7c71 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,exception  7,a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 an     
owner or operator of a social media     
service that displays user-generated    

content in an order other than          
chronological order1 delays the display 
of such content relative to other       
content1 or otherwise hinders the       
display of such content relative to     
other content1 if for a reason other    
than to restrict access to or           
availability of material described in   
paragraph 7#b77;,a7 or to carry out the 
direction of the user that generated    
such content1 shall be treated as a     
publisher or speaker of such content4   
7,b7 ,use of algorithms ,if an algorithm
 of a social media service is used to   
engage in an action related to          
user-generated content that is described
 in subparagraph 7,a71 such action shall
 be considered to be the action of the  
owner or operator of the social media   
service4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7f71
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#e7 ,social media service ,the term    
social media service means any          
interactive computer service provided   
over the internet that connects users   

for the purpose of such users engaging  
in dialogue1 sharing information1       
collaborating1 or otherwise interacting4
  7#f7 ,user-generated content ,the term
 user-generated content means content   
that is supplied on a social media      
service by an information content       
provider who is a user of such service4 
7#g7 ,algorithm ,the term algorithm     
means a computer program that performs  
any action described in subparagraph    
7,a71 7,b71 or 7,c7 of paragraph 7#d74  
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