Live from the 119th Congress

Technology & Platforms

By Legisletter Editors·Updated yesterday

Eleven Section 230 proposals are moving. The Kids Online Safety Act has been reintroduced with a new House companion. The DEFIANCE Act passed the Senate unanimously. App-store gatekeeping, platform antitrust, and the TikTok divestment debate are all active. Track every technology and platform bill in the 119th, and mobilize constituent pressure.

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The state of play

Four fights are running in parallel this Congress. Section 230 — the 1996 liability framework for user-generated content — has drawn ten separate reform proposals in the 119th. The Kids Online Safety Act has been reintroduced with a House companion that its Senate champion has publicly criticized. Antitrust activity is back at the FTC and DOJ with fresh Senate bills to codify enforcement posture. App-store fee structures are facing federal scrutiny for the first time. And a federal civil remedy for non-consensual deepfakes, the DEFIANCE Act, just passed the Senate unanimously.

The through-line: members of both parties have active bills in this space, but disagree about which fix to prioritize. The bills that draw the largest cosponsor lists pair narrow technical language with civil penalties and clear definitions. The bills with a harder path pair ambitious structural change (Section 230 sunset, sweeping antitrust) with large cost estimates.

Featured speech

Sen. Durbin asks for unanimous consent to pass the DEFIANCE Act

Sen. Dick Durbin·Jan 14, 2026·H.R. 3562

Durbin's unanimous-consent motion on the Senate floor, one day after the DEFIANCE Act passed 100–0. The bill gives deepfake victims a private right of action with a minimum of $150,000 in civil damages — the first federal civil remedy for AI-generated nonconsensual imagery.

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The bills

What Congress is working on

Active in Congress1 bill

S. 836
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
21 cosponsors·Last action Mar 5, 2026
+16 more

In Committee10 bills

S. 1748
Kids Online Safety Act
75 cosponsors·Last action May 14, 2025
+70 more
H.R. 6746
Sunset To Reform Section 230 Act
·Last action Dec 16, 2025
S. 130
Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025
13 cosponsors·Last action Jan 16, 2025
+8 more
H.R. 3209
App Store Freedom Act
6 cosponsors·Last action May 6, 2025
+1 more
S. 153
Repeal the TikTok Ban Act
·Last action Jan 20, 2025
H.R. 1734
Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
11 cosponsors·Last action Feb 27, 2025
+6 more
S. 1396
Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025
2 cosponsors·Last action Apr 9, 2025
H.R. 3562
DEFIANCE Act of 2025
53 cosponsors·Last action May 21, 2025
+48 more
H.R. 6334
Deepfake Liability Act
1 cosponsor·Last action Dec 1, 2025
S. 4107
Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act
8 cosponsors·Last action Mar 17, 2026
+3 more

Recently Introduced1 bill

H.R. 3149
App Store Accountability Act
2 cosponsors·Last action Dec 11, 2025

On the Record

What Congress Is Saying

I thank my friend for his consistent support in protecting teenagers and children in our country. With that, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 304, S. 836.

Ed Markey(D–MA)·on Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act·March 5, 2026

Where Congress stands

How members have signed on

Ranked by bill-level activity — sponsor or cosponsor of the pillar's bills that expand platform duties (KOSA, Section 230 reform, antitrust, App Store Freedom, deepfake remedies) vs. those that loosen existing restrictions (Repeal the TikTok Ban, Extend the TikTok Deadline).

For status-quo platform rules

· 1 members

Paul1

For new platform duties

· 12 members

Activity weights: sponsor = 10 points, cosponsor = 3 points. A legislator appears in the cluster where their score is highest. Number next to each name is how many pillar bills in that camp they're on.

Follow the money

Who's lobbying these bills

Lobbying on this pillar splits four ways: the platforms themselves and the trade groups they fund; telecom and ISP incumbents who want platform liability changes but not their own; children-safety and consumer advocacy organizations pushing new duties; and antitrust hawks and app developers seeking to open gatekept marketplaces.

Technology companies & trade groups

· Preserving current platform rules

NetChoice, CCIA, TechNet, ITI, the Chamber of Commerce tech council, and individual corporate filers (Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft) file on Section 230 reform, KOSA, AICOA-style antitrust, and app-store bills. Each defends the piece of the stack central to their revenue. Expect coordinated filings on any bill that creates new compliance costs or plaintiff-bar exposure.

19 filers · $3.5M max quarterly spend across this camp

$1.1M
max quarter
APPLE INC.
Technology company
H.R. 3209 S. 1748
$960K
max quarter
COALITION FOR APP FAIRNESS
Nonprofit organization
H.R. 3209
$360K
max quarter
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Association of companies in the computer, internet, IT, and telecommunications industries
H.R. 3209 S. 1748 S. 836
$360K
max quarter
META PLATFORMS, INC.
Technology company
S. 1748
$270K
max quarter
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES
Technology Company
S. 1748

Telecom & ISPs

· Separating platform liability from carrier rules

Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and cable trade groups (NCTA, USTelecom) file to distinguish platform obligations from common-carrier rules. They also support broadband deployment bills and spectrum auctions.

6 filers · $820K max quarterly spend across this camp

$280K
max quarter
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
S. 836
$200K
max quarter
AT&T SERVICES INC AND ITS AFFILIATES
S. 1396
$200K
max quarter
CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
Wireless Telecommunications Association
S. 1748 S. 836
$140K
max quarter
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
S. 1748 H.R. 3562

Children-safety & consumer organizations

· Supporting new platform duties of care

Common Sense Media, Fairplay, the Center for Humane Technology, 5Rights Foundation, Consumer Reports, Public Citizen, and EPIC file on KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act implementation. State attorneys general join many of these filings. Parents of teens who died after social-media harms testify at most hearings.

1 filer · $20K max quarterly spend across this camp

$20K
max quarter
EPIC GAMES, INC.
Software developer and publisher
H.R. 3209

Antitrust organizations & app developers

· Supporting platform interoperability and open markets

The Coalition for App Fairness (Spotify, Epic Games, Match Group, Basecamp) leads app-store filings. Economic Security Project, Open Markets Institute, the American Antitrust Institute, and Public Knowledge file on the broader antitrust bills. Indie-app trade groups argue App Store rules favor platform-owned apps.

1 filer · $100K max quarterly spend across this camp

$100K
max quarter
SPOTIFY
music streaming company
H.R. 3209

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.senate.gov), 64 unique filers across these 12 bills. Dollar amounts are the highest quarterly spend reported on any filing that named one of these bills — not a total.