during the pendency of that action against any de-
fendant named in the complaint of the Commission 
for any violation of this Act alleged in the complaint. 
(4) RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE-LAW CLAIMS.— 
If the attorney general of a State has authority to 
bring an action under State law directed at acts or 
practices that also violate this Act, the attorney gen-
eral may assert the State-law claim and a claim 
under this Act in the same civil action. 
SEC. 5. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.—Section 230 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) shall not 
apply to any violation of this Act. 
(b) EFFECT ON STATE LAWS.—Nothing in this Act 
or any regulation promulgated under this Act shall pre-
empt or otherwise affect any State or local law. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 
the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is 
held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application 
of such provision to other persons not similarly situated 
or to other circumstances shall not be affected by the in-
validation. 
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SEC. 6. FTC ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 230(e) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(e)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) NO
EFFECT
ON
FTC
ENFORCEMENT.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair 
the enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission 
of any provision of law enforced by the Federal 
Trade Commission.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to any action or pro-
ceeding that is commenced on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) CONSUMER
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘con-
sumer product’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2052(a)). 
(3) CYBER
HARASSMENT.—The term ‘‘cyber 
harassment’’ means electronic communication that 
harasses, torments, threatens, or terrorizes a target. 
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(4) ONLINE MARKETPLACE.—The term ‘‘online 
marketplace’’ means a website or web application, 
that— 
(A) includes features that allow for, facili-
tate, or enable third-party sellers to engage in 
the sale, purchase, payment, storage, shipping, 
or delivery of a consumer product in the United 
States; and 
(B) hosts one or more third-party sellers. 
(5) SELLER.—The term ‘‘seller’’ means a per-
son or entity that sells, offers to sell, or contracts to 
sell a consumer product through an online market-
place’s platform. 
(6) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘so-
cial media platform’’ means a website or mobile web 
application that— 
(A) permits a person to become a reg-
istered user, establish an account, or create a 
profile for the purpose of allowing the user to 
create, share, and view user-generated content 
through such an account or profile; 
(B) enables one or more users to generate 
content that can be viewed by other users of the 
platform; and 
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(C) primarily serves as a medium for users 
to interact with content generated by other 
users of the medium and for the platform to de-
liver ads to users. 
(7) USER.—The term ‘‘user’’ means a person 
or entity that uses a social media platform or online 
marketplace for any purpose, including advertisers 
and sellers, regardless of whether that person has an 
account or is otherwise registered with the platform. 
Æ 
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