,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjba,mr4
 ,malinowski 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 
,ms4 ,jacobs of ,california1 ,mr4       
,neguse1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 
,phillips1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,mr4 ,casten1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 and ,mr4   
,welch7 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 to the            
communications decency act ,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 channel1 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  7dd7    
randomly2 and  7ee7 by views1 downloads1
 or a similar usage metric2 or  7,,ii7  
the algorithm1 model1 or other          
computational process is used for       
information a user specifically searches
 for4  7,c7 ,exemptions  7i7 ,small     
businesses ,this paragraph shall not    
apply to an interactive computer service

 that 7in combination with each         
subsidiary and affiliate of the service7
 has #aj1jjj1jjj or fewer unique monthly
 visitors or users for not fewer than   
three of the preceding #ab months4  7ii7
 ,internet infrastructure ,this         
paragraph shall not apply to a provider 
of an interactive computer service1 when
 that service is used by another        
interactive computer service for the    
management1 control1 or operation of    
that other interactive computer service1
 including for--  7,i7 web hosting2     
7,,ii7 domain registration2  7,,iii7    
content delivery networks2  7,,iv7      
caching2  7,v7 data storage2 and  7,,vi7
 cybersecurity4  4