HR 488 · in committee · significant
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill requires three federal departments to develop and implement a strategy to combat cartels' use of social media to recruit people for illegal activities.
- It affects Homeland Security, Justice, and State departments, as well as people targeted by criminal organizations on social media.
- The bill mandates a joint assessment and strategy with no specific appropriation amount or deadline specified in the summary.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should federal agencies balance monitoring cartel recruitment on social media with protecting users' privacy rights?
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What evidence exists that current social media platforms are inadequately addressing cartel recruitment, and what would success look like?
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Without specified funding or deadlines, how would you assess whether agencies are actually implementing an effective anti-cartel strategy?
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Sponsor · R-AZ-6
Juan Ciscomani
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
6/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-16
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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