,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjba,mr4
 ,banks 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1    
,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,barr1 ,mr4   
,norman1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,bishop of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,babin1 and ,mr4 ,gibbs7 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       
clarify that such section does not      
prevent a provider or user of an        
interactive computer service from being 
treated as the distributor of           
information provided by another         
information content provider1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,stop          
,shielding ,culpable ,platforms ,act4   
#b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress  7a7  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,section #bcj of the              
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      

,u4,s4,c4 #bcj71 as added by the        
,communications ,decency ,act of #aiif  
7,public ,law #ajd-ajd2 #aaj ,stat4     
#acc71 was enacted to ensure that third 
parties would not be held liable as the 
publisher of another entity's speech1   
not to allow online platforms to        
knowingly distribute unlawful materials4
  7#b7 ,since enacted1 section #bcj has 
been misinterpreted to apply distributor
 immunity as well as publisher immunity 
to online platforms4 ,as recently       
explained by ,associate ,justice        
,clarence ,thomas in a statement        
respecting the denial of certiorari in  
,malwarebytes1 ,inc4 v4 ,enigma         
,software ,group ,,usa1 ,,llc1 ,no4     
#ai-abhd 7,october #ac1 #bjbj71         
,although the text of #bcj7;c77#a7      
grants immunity only from publisher or  
speaker liability1 the first appellate  
court to consider the statute held that 
it eliminates distributor liability     
too--that is1 #bcj confers immunity even
 when a company distributes content that

 it knows is illegal44  7#c7 ,this      
assertion contradicts a plain reading of
 the ,communications ,decency ,act of   
#aiif1 which includes distributor       
liability for exposing children to      
obscene material4 ,this ill-conceived   
precedent1 first established in ,zeran  
v4 ,america ,online1 ,inc41 #abi ,f4#c;d
 #cbg 7#dth ,cir4 #aiig71 has resulted  
in online platforms having little to no 
responsibility to act as a good         
,samaritan1 even when moderating illicit
 material4  7#d7 ,it has recently been  
reported by the ,new ,york ,times that  
,pornhub executives believe that section
 #bcj protects them from liability for  
their platform allegedly hosting videos 
of rape1 child abuse1 and other criminal
 activity4  7#e7 ,as reported in the    
,new ,york ,post1 a recent lawsuit has  
alleged that ,twitter left up a child   
pornography video despite being notified
 by the victim1 and only took it down   
after ,federal officials intervened4    
7#f7 ,every ,american is entitled to    

equal justice under the law4  7b7 ,sense
 of ,congress ,it is the sense of       
,congress that section #bcj of the      
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7 does not provide        
distributor immunity and does not       
protect big tech companies when such    
companies knowingly peddle unlawful     
material4  #c4 ,clarification of        
distributor liability ,section          
#bcj7;c77#a7 of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7;c77#a77  
is amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,no and   
inserting the following3  7,a7 ,in      
general ,no  2 and  7#b7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7,b7 ,no effect 
on treatment as distributor ,nothing in 
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be construed to 
prevent a provider or user of an        
interactive computer service from being 
treated as the distributor of           
information provided by another         
information content provider4  4