Reintroduction of the Digital Platform Commission Act
Summary
Sens. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have reintroduced the Digital Platform Commission Act (S. 1671), which would establish a five-member federal commission that would be empowered to hold hearings, pursue investigations, conduct research, assess fines and promulgate rules for digital platforms, including with respect to harmful algorithmic processes. The bill, which was first introduced last Congress, has been amended to clarify that the definition of “algorithmic process” includes algorithmically generated content and decision-making algorithms, as well as to require certain digital platforms to conduct auditing and public risk assessments on the potential harms from algorithms.
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