,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,jordan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4     
,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4  
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1
 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4 
,steube1 and ,mr4 ,tiffany7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend section 
#bcj of the ,communications ,act of     
#aicd to ensure that the immunity under 
such section incentivizes online        
platforms to responsibly address illegal
 content while not immunizing the       
disparate treatment of ideological      
viewpoints and continuing to encourage a
 vibrant1 open1 and competitive         
internet1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,speech ,act4  #b4         
,amendments ,section #bcj7;c7 of the    
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      

,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7;c77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7c7 ,protection for ,good  
,samaritan blocking and screening of    
offensive material  7#a7 ,treatment of  
publisher or speaker  7,a7 ,in general  
,no provider or user of an interactive  
computer service shall be treated as the
 publisher or speaker of any information
 provided by another information content
 provider4  7,b7 ,applicability of      
immunity ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not   
apply to any action by a provider or    
user of an interactive computer service 
to restrict access to or availability of
 material provided by another           
information content provider4 ,any      
immunity under this section for such    
action shall be provided solely by      
paragraph 7#b74  7,c7 ,no liability for 
good faith removal ,for purposes of     
subparagraph 7,a71 no provider or user  
of an interactive computer service shall
 be treated as the publisher or speaker 
for any other information on the service
 provided by another information content

 provider solely on account of actions  
voluntarily taken in good faith to      
restrict access to or availability of   
specific material that the provider or  
user has an objectively reasonable      
belief violates the terms of service or 
use of the provider or user1 as         
applicable4  7#b7 ,civil liability ,no  
provider or user of an interactive      
computer service shall be held liable on
 account of-- 7,a7 any action           
voluntarily taken in good faith to      
restrict access to or availability of   
material that the provider or user has  
an objectively reasonable belief is     
obscene1 lewd1 lascivious1 filthy1      
excessively violent1 promoting terrorism
 or violent extremism1 harassing1       
promoting self-harm1 or unlawful1       
whether or not such material is         
constitutionally protected2 or  7,b7 any
 action taken to enable or make         
available to information content        
providers or others the technical means 
to restrict access to material described

 in subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7 ,liability 
for information ,being responsible in   
whole or in part for the creation or    
development of information includes     
instances in which a person or entity   
solicits1 comments upon1 funds1 or      
affirmatively and substantively         
contributes to1 modifies1 or alters     
information provided by another person  
or entity4  7#d7 ,good faith ,in        
addition to the other applicable        
requirements1 in order for a provider or
 user to avoid liability under paragraph
 7#a77;,c7 or 7#b77;,a71 such provider  
or user shall meet the following        
requirements1 if applicable3 7,a7 ,makes
 publicly available terms of service or 
use that state plainly and with         
particularity the criteria the          
interactive computer service employs in 
content-moderation practices of the     
service4  7,b7 ,restricts access to or  
availability of material consistent with
 those terms of service or use and with 
any official representations or         

disclosures regarding the internet      
service provider's content-moderation   
practices4  7,c7 ,does not restrict     
access to or availability of material on
 deceptive grounds or apply terms of    
service or use to restrict access to or 
availability of material that is        
similarly situated to material that the 
service intentionally declines to       
restrict4  7,d7 ,supplies the provider  
of the material with timely notice      
describing with particularity the       
reasonable factual basis for the        
restriction of access and a meaningful  
opportunity to respond1 unless-- 7i7 a  
law enforcement agency asks that such   
notice not be made2  7ii7 a service     
reasonably believes that the material   
relates to terrorism or other criminal  
activity2 or  7iii7 such notice would   
risk imminent harm to others4  4