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Senate advances social media transparency bill after amendment narrowing scope to social platforms
Summary
First Substitute Senate Bill 228, requiring social media companies to publish clear moderation policies, provide notice and an appeal process and maintain a review panel, passed second reading after an amendment clarifying the bill targets social-media companies. The roll call was 19–4; sponsors said enforcement would be by the Attorney General and no private right of action exists.
Senators debated First Substitute Senate Bill 228, the "Electronic Free Speech Amendments," which the sponsor described as a transparency and consumer-notice measure aimed at social-media platforms. Amendment 1 (moved by Sen. McCall and adopted) narrowed definitions so the bill targets social-media companies rather than broader categories of interactive computer services.
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