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AZ HB2180
Bill
Status
1/25/2021
Primary Sponsor
Mark Finchem
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AI Summary
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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.
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Allows the Arizona Attorney General or affected online users to bring legal actions to recover damages from entities classified as publishers under this section.
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Exempts from these provisions any content that is pornographic, libelous, or advocates or promotes violence toward persons or groups.
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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.
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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