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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 908 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred |
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| 6 | 6 | | to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | OSAR(for himself, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mrs. |
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| 12 | 12 | | M |
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| 13 | 13 | | ILLERof Illinois, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | B |
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| 15 | 15 | | IGGSof Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Censorship 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF IMMUNITIES. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (47 U.S.C. 230(c)) is amended— 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 908 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANDSCREEN-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ING OFOFFENSIVEMATERIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘OF 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | U |
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| 35 | 35 | | NLAWFUL OROBJECTIONABLEMATERIAL’’; and 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (i) by striking ‘‘material that the pro-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | vider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | harassing, or otherwise objectionable, 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | whether or not such material is constitu-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tionally protected’’ and inserting ‘‘unlawful 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | material’’; and 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | semicolon; 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘paragraph (1).’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A); or’’; and 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (C) by adding at the end the following new 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subparagraph: 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(C) any action taken to provide users 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | with the option to restrict access to any other 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | material, whether or not such material is con-22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | stitutionally protected.’’. 23 |
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