AOC Act

Abandoning Online Censorship Act or the AOC Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8896 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8896

   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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abandoning Online Censorship Act'' 
or the ``AOC Act''.

SEC. 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1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(c)) is repealed.
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