Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act

Proposed 2024-12-12 | Official source

Summary

Amends the Inspector General Act to require detailed descriptions of communications between government entities and internet services, covering issues like content moderation and AI-related factors such as data inputs, algorithms, and analysis tools.

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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 “Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act”. SEC. 2. Inspector General Act of 1978. Section 405(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(23) a detailed description of the contents and particular circumstances of any communication, or attempted communication, between the establishment and any internet computer service, information content provider, or access software provider (as defined under section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)), including— “(A) communications regarding content moderation (as described under section 230(c)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(c)(2)); “(B) user content, including posts, photos, and videos; and “(C) any other communications relating to the internet computer service, information content provider, or access software provider’s data inputs, algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, analysis tools, or any related tool.”.