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HR 8596 116th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Legal fees and court costs Tax-exempt organizations

Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

Introduced: October 16, 2020 Introduced by: Budd, Ted Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 16, 2020
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Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party.

An edge provider is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide.

What's happening now October 16, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
Yoho, Ted
· Oct 23, 2020
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Oct 16, 2020
Bishop, Dan
· Oct 16, 2020
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Oct 16, 2020
Flores, Bill
· Oct 16, 2020
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Oct 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8596: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8596/
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"H.R. 8596: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8596/.
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H.R. 8596, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8596/.
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