functioning of the platform, or the terms and 
conditions or community standards of the pro-
vider. 
(C) Targeted measures aimed at limiting 
the display of advertisements in association 
with the platform or the alternative placement 
and display of public service advertisements or 
other related factual (as determined by the pro-
vider) information. 
(D) Reinforcing the internal processes or 
supervision of any of the activities of the pro-
vider, particularly regarding the detection of 
systemic risks identified under paragraph 
(2)(A). 
(E) User-friendly notification and action 
mechanisms that allow any person to notify the 
provider of the presence on the platform of any 
content the person believes to be— 
(i) illegal content; or 
(ii) in violation of the terms and con-
ditions or community standards of the pro-
vider. 
(F) Crisis protocols, including a descrip-
tion of what constitutes the specific extraor-
dinary circumstance the crisis protocol seeks to 
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address and the objectives the crisis protocol 
pursues. 
(G) Testing for effectiveness and discrimi-
natory bias within any algorithms used in the 
content moderation process. 
(H) Hiring and training of human content 
moderators, trust and safety personnel, engi-
neers focused on detecting and reducing sys-
temic risks identified under paragraph (2)(A), 
and others with appropriate subject-matter ex-
pertise and cultural competence. 
(I) Protections for the health and well- 
being of human content moderators. 
(J) Deliberative approaches to platform 
governance, including creating citizen panels, 
assemblies, or independent oversight bodies, or 
using crowdsourcing mechanisms, to make or 
inform content moderation decisions or policies. 
(K) Age-appropriate design that adjusts 
features on the platform based on what is in 
the best interest of children and adolescents, 
given variations in brain development. 
(L) Other risk-mitigation techniques con-
sidered relevant by the Commission. 
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(4) VARIATION BASED ON SIZE AND SCOPE.— 
In issuing regulations under paragraph (1), the 
Commission shall vary the requirements based on 
the size and scope of a large covered platform, in-
cluding by having different requirements for dif-
ferent services such as social media services, online 
marketplaces, augmented reality and virtual reality 
services, and digital advertising placement services. 
(5) FREQUENCY.—In issuing regulations under 
paragraph (1), the Commission shall specify the fre-
quency with which a provider of a large covered plat-
form is required to conduct the risk assessments and 
submit to the Commission the reports required by 
such regulations and may vary such frequency under 
paragraph (4) based on the size and scope of the 
platform or the provider. The Commission shall re-
quire such risk assessments to be conducted and 
such reports to be submitted at least annually. 
(6) FOIA EXEMPTION.—The reports required 
by the regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall 
be 
exempt 
from 
disclosure 
under 
section 
552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS BY COMMISSION ON SYSTEMIC 
RISKS POSED BY LARGE COVERED PLATFORMS.—The 
Commission shall publish an annual report on systemic 
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