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See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021

Introduced: January 22, 2021 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jan 22, 2021
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See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021

This bill requires an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that detects a suspicious transmission to submit a suspicious transmission activity report (STAR) describing the suspicious transmission.

A suspicious transmission is any post, message, comment, tag, or other user-generated content or transmission that commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime.

Each STAR must be submitted to the Department of Justice and contain (1) the name, location, and other identification information submitted by the user; (2) the date and nature of the user-generated content or transmission detected for suspicious activity; and (3) any relevant text, information, and metadata related to the suspicious transmission.

Any provider of an interactive computer service that fails to report a known suspicious transmission shall not be immune from liability for such transmission and may be held liable as a publisher for the related suspicious transmission.

What's happening now January 22, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jan 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 27: See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-27/
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"S. 27: See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-27/.
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S. 27, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-27/.
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[S. 27: See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-27/)
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