Rep Khanna Introduces Resolution to Protect Creators in the Modern Platform-Based Economy

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the Creator Bill of Rights (H.Res.1005), a resolution supporting fairer treatment, economic security, and transparency for creators and digital workers in the modern platform-based economy. The resolution seeks to: 

1. Guarantee access to affordable, reliable, and portable health care options for creators and digital workers, so that coverage is not dependent on a single employer or platform.
2. Ensure that digital workers can easily carry benefits across gigs and platforms, including establishing portable benefit systems and retirement plan options designed for independent workers. 
3. Require online platforms to offer clear, transparent, and predictable revenue-sharing terms between platforms and creators for the content and labor that generate value for those platforms. 
4. Grant creators the ability to maintain decentralized, opt-in, direct relationships with audiences who choose to engage with their work, which enables creators to move between platforms without losing their audiences.  
5. Offer robust small business resources to creators and digital workers, support transparency around platform algorithms that affect compensation and visibility, and protect workers against misclassification under existing federal labor law.
6. Guarantee access to timely, responsive customer support and a clear appeal process for creators and digital workers when platform actions materially affect their accounts, content, or income.  
7. Ensure transparency, consent, and accountability standards related to the use of artificial intelligence and synthetic media that materially affect creators’ identities, reputations, or livelihoods.