Sen Feinstein Reintroduces Bill That Prevents Use of Social Media Bots in Elections

Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reintroduced the Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act, a bill to require disclosure of information concerning online social media bots. The Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to enforce transparency requirements on social media companies regarding the use of social media bots that replicate human activity online. It also amends the Federal Election Campaign Act to prohibit candidates, campaigns and political organizations from using social media bots as a means to disguise online political advertising or deceive voters by giving the false impression of support from actual persons online.