To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Labor, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H14B9A67C2C5341CF81FF28B277ADAFB5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Political Bias In Algorithm Sorting Emails Act of 2023 or the Political BIAS Emails Act of 2023.
- Section H065932202091462E8D4EBC7ED4B52C84: 2. Unfair and deceptive acts and practices relating to filtering political emails that a consumer has elected to receive It shall be unlawful for an operator...
- Section HAA20FE7831604A369061B1FA5727199A: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term filtering algorithm means a computational process, including one derived from algorithmic decision making, machine...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Labor, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Lesko (for herself, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Steube, Mr. …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "the_commission"
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