Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB66

Introduced
1/9/25  

Caption

Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications ActThis 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. 

Congress_id

119-S-66

Policy_area

Science, Technology, Communications

Introduced_date

2025-01-09

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

US SB5500

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to instruct Inspectors General to report to Congress on social media communications.

US SB2325

Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

US HB4624

Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

US SB2494

Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2023

US HB820

Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

US HB4858

Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2023

US SB5580

A bill to regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's attorney or other legal representative, and for other purposes.

US SB5522

A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to carry out a grant and revolving loan program to provide funding for projects to increase the resiliency and energy efficiency of communications networks, and for other purposes.

US SB1648

Launch Communications Act

US SB998

A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum.

Similar Bills

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