,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bj1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,malinowski 7for himself and  
,ms4 ,eshoo7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend section #bcj7;c7 of   
the ,communications ,act of #aicd to    
prevent immunity for interactive        
computer services for certain claims1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,americans from ,dangerous  
,algorithms ,act4  #b4 ,amendment       
,section #bcj7;c7 of the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7;c77 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new paragraph3  7#c7          
,algorithmic amplification  7,a7 ,in    
general ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71
 an interactive computer service shall  
be considered to be an information      
content provider and the protection     
under such paragraph shall not apply for

 any claim described in subparagraph    
7,b74  7,b7 ,conditions for claim  7i7  
,in general ,a claim in this            
subparagraph requires the following3    
7,i7 ,a claim in a civil action is      
brought under-- 7aa7 section #aihj or   
#aiha of the ,revised ,statutes 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #aihe2 #db ,u4,s4,c4 #aihf72  
or  7bb7 section #bccc of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code4  7,,ii7 ,except  
as provided in clause 7ii71 the claim   
involves a case in which the interactive
 computer service used an algorithm1    
model1 or other computational process to
 rank1 order1 promote1 recommend1       
amplify1 or similarly alter the delivery
 or display of information 7including   
any text1 image1 audio1 or video post1  
page1 group1 account1 or affiliation7   
provided to a user of the service if the
 information is directly relevant to the
 claim4  7ii7 ,exception                
,notwithstanding clause 7i77,,ii71 the  
requirement is not met if-- 7,i7 the    
information delivery or display is      

ranked1 ordered1 promoted1 recommended1 
amplified1 or similarly altered in a way
 that is obvious1 understandable1 and   
transparent to a reasonable user based  
only on the delivery or display of the  
information 7without the need to        
reference the terms of service or any   
other agreement71 including sorting     
information-- 7aa7 chronologically or   
reverse chronologically2  7bb7 by       
average user rating or number of user   
reviews2  7cc7 alphabetically2 and  7dd7
 randomly2 or  7,,ii7 the algorithm1    
model1 or other computational process is
 used for information a user            
specifically searches for4  7,c7 ,small 
business exception ,this paragraph shall
 not apply to an interactive computer   
service that 7in combination with each  
subsidiary and affiliate of the service7
 has #ej1jjj1jjj or fewer unique monthly
 visitors or users for a majority of the
 preceding #ab months4  4