H.R. 5209 · 116th Congress
Raising the Bar Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Max Rose
- Introduced
- 2019-11-21
- Latest action
- 2019-12-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Summary
Raising the Bar Act of 2019
This bill establishes an exercise program to flag online terrorist content. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate a lead institution to administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program to test how well participating technology companies (e.g., social media platforms) adhere to their own content moderation policies and procedures.