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AZ HB2180

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2021

Primary Sponsor

Mark Finchem

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Classifies online platforms that exercise control over user-uploaded content for "politically biased reasons" as publishers rather than platforms, making them liable for damages to users.

  • Allows the Arizona Attorney General or affected online users to bring legal actions to recover damages from entities classified as publishers under this section.

  • Exempts from these provisions any content that is pornographic, libelous, or advocates or promotes violence toward persons or groups.

  • Requires publishers to pay an annual fee to the Attorney General for each Arizona online user authorized to upload publicly accessible content, with fees deposited into the antitrust enforcement revolving fund.

  • Defines key terms including "interactive computer service," "control" (editing, deleting, blocking, censoring content), "platform," and "publisher."

Legislative Description

Online content; publishers; liability; fee

Fees

Last Action

House read second time

1/26/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/26/2021
Judiciary1/25/2021

Full Bill Text

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