Algorithm Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3193 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3193 To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to limit liability protection under that section for certain social media platforms, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 18, 2025 Mr. Curtis (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to limit liability protection under that section for certain social media platforms, 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 ``Algorithm Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. (a) In General.--Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: ``(f) Algorithmic Product Design Accountability.-- ``(1) Duty of care in algorithmic design.-- ``(A) In general.--A provider of a social media platform shall exercise reasonable care in the design, training, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of a recommendation-based algorithm on the social media platform to prevent bodily injury or death described in subparagraph (B) that a reasonable and prudent person would agree was-- ``(i) reasonably foreseeable by the provider; and ``(ii) attributable, in whole or in part, to the design characteristics or performance of the recommendation-based algorithm. ``(B) Covered bodily injury or death.--Bodily inj