Intimate Privacy Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9187 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9187 To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to combat cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2024 Mr. Auchincloss (for himself and Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to combat cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries, 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 ``Intimate Privacy Protection Act''. SEC. 2. CYBERSTALKING, INTIMATE PRIVACY VIOLATIONS, AND DIGITAL FORGERIES. (a) Duty of Care.--Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(c)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``No provider'' and inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no provider''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) Cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries.-- ``(i) Duty of care.--Subparagraph (A) only applies to a provider of an interactive computer service if such provider is implementing, with respect to the interactive computer service of the provider, a reasonable process for addressing cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries that includes, at a minimum, the following: ``(I) A process to prevent, to the extent practicable, cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries. ``(II) A clear and accessible process to report cyberstalking, intimate privacy violatio