AOC Act

Bill: 116-hr-8896
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-08
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Abandoning Online Censorship Act or the AOC Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which protects a provider or user of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) from liability for screening or blocking objectionable content. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8896 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2020 Mr. Gohmert (for himself, Mr. Biggs , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Gooden , Mr. King of Iowa , and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Abandoning Online Censorship Act or the AOC Act . 2. Repeal of section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) (a) Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 Effective as of enactment of this language, section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 230(c) ) is repealed.