Social Media Transparency: New Rules for Content Moderation and User Rights.
This Act mandates large digital social platforms to adopt clear, accessible, and multilingual Terms of Service (ToS). Companies must submit detailed, semi-annual reports to the Attorney General on how they define and moderate harmful content, such as hate speech and misinformation. This ensures users have greater clarity on platform rules, moderation actions, and the process for appealing decisions.
Key points
Platforms must clearly list potential actions against users (like banning or demonetization) and provide specific response times for handling user reports of violations.
Companies must publicly report detailed statistics on content moderation, including the volume of flagged content, actions taken, and the success rate of user appeals.
Significant daily fines (up to $15,000 per day) are established for platforms that fail to comply with the new transparency and reporting requirements.
The law explicitly states it does not require platforms to alter the effectiveness of end-to-end encryption.
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