Big websites must stop fraud or face lawsuits and fines.
H.R. 10433 — SAFE Platforms Act · Filed by Valerie Foushee (D-NC) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill says large websites must set up ways for people to report fraud. Websites must check fraud reports within 48 hours. Websites must fix problems within 7 days. Websites must verify who buys ads. Websites must set privacy to protect users by default. If websites break these rules, the FTC can punish them. People can also sue websites for money.
Who it affects
People who use big websites gain ways to report fraud. Websites must build systems to catch fraud and check who buys ads. People can sue websites for fraud losses.
One thing to notice
People can get up to three times their money back if a website broke the rules on purpose. This could push websites to settle lawsuits even when fraud claims are unclear.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- FTC — The Federal Trade Commission, the government agency that stops unfair business practices.
- fraud — A trick or lie to steal money or information from someone.
- verify — To check that something or someone is real and true.
- default — A setting that is already turned on unless a person changes it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (20,038 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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