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S 66 119th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act

Introduced: January 9, 2025 Introduced by: Schmitt, Eric Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act

This bill requires federal offices of inspectors general to include in their existing semiannual reports to Congress information about any communications between their department or agency and certain online platforms and services. 

Specifically, such reports must include details on the contents and circumstances of any communication or attempted communication with an internet platform, information content provider, or access software provider. Covered communications include those addressing specific online content, content moderation practices, and any other topic related to a platform's or service's data inputs, algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, analysis tools, or any related tool. 

What's happening now January 9, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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