(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘biometric 
information’’ means any personal information 
generated from the measurement or specific 
technological processing of an individual’s 
unique biological, physical, or physiological 
characteristics. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘biometric in-
formation’’ includes measurements of finger-
prints, voice prints, iris scans, facial character-
istics, identifying DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) 
information, or other unique biological charac-
teristics, including any mathematical code or al-
gorithmic model generated or extracted from 
measurements of such characteristics. 
(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘biometric 
information’’ does not include writing samples, 
written signatures, photographs, demographic 
data, or physical descriptions such as height, 
weight, hair color, or eye color. 
(5) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Digital Services Oversight and Safety es-
tablished under section 3(a). 
(6) CERTIFIED RESEARCHER.—The term ‘‘cer-
tified researcher’’ means an individual certified 
under section 10(b). 
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(7) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(8) COMMUNITY STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘com-
munity standards’’ means a policy adopted by a pro-
vider of a hosting service that specifies, at a min-
imum, the user behavior and activities that are per-
mitted on the service and the user behavior and ac-
tivities that may subject a user or an item of content 
to a content moderation action. 
(9) 
CONSTITUTIONAL
LAWYER.—The 
term 
‘‘constitutional lawyer’’ means a lawyer with exper-
tise regarding the interpretation, implementation, 
and amendment of, and how to protect rights guar-
anteed by, the Constitution of the United States and 
State constitutions. 
(10) CONTENT MODERATION.—The term ‘‘con-
tent moderation’’ means the activities undertaken by 
a provider of a hosting service aimed at detecting, 
identifying, and addressing content provided by 
users of such service that is illegal content or con-
tent that is incompatible with the terms and condi-
tions or community standards of such provider, in-
cluding measures taken that affect— 
(A) the availability, visibility, and accessi-
bility of such content, such as demotion of, dis-
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abling of access to, or removal of such content; 
or 
(B) the users’ ability to provide such con-
tent, such as the termination or suspension of 
a user’s account. 
(11) COVERED PLATFORM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
platform’’ means a hosting service— 
(i) that disseminates to the public in-
formation; and 
(ii) to which a designation by the 
Commission under subparagraph (B) ap-
plies. 
(B) DESIGNATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission 
shall verify, at least every 2 years, whether 
the number of average monthly active 
users in the United States of each hosting 
service provided by a provider described in 
paragraph (22) is equal to or greater than 
the number described in subparagraph 
(D). On the basis of the verification, the 
Commission shall adopt a decision desig-
nating the service as a covered platform 
for the purposes of this Act (if the number 
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of average monthly active users of the 
service in the United States is equal to or 
greater than the number described in sub-
paragraph (D)), or terminating such des-
ignation (if the number of average monthly 
active users of the service in the United 
States is less than the number described in 
subparagraph (D) and a previous designa-
tion under this subparagraph applies to 
the service), and communicate such deci-
sion, without undue delay, to the provider. 
(ii) APPLICABILITY.—A designation 
under this subparagraph shall apply, or 
cease to apply, beginning on the date that 
is 4 months after the publication of the 
designation on, or the removal of the des-
ignation from, the list under subparagraph 
(C). 
(C) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF DESIGNATED 
COVERED PLATFORMS.—The Commission shall 
ensure that the list of covered platforms des-
ignated under subparagraph (B) is published on 
the website of the Commission and keep such 
list updated. 
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