1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Online platforms have become integral to individuals' full participation in economic, democratic, and societal processes. (2) Online platforms employ manipulative dark patterns, collect large amounts of personal information from their users, and leverage that personal information for opaque algorithmic processes in ways that create vastly different experiences for different types of users. (3) Algorithmic processes are often used by online platforms without adequate testing and in the absence of critical transparency requirements and other legally enforceable safety and efficacy standards, which has resulted in discrimination in housing, lending, job advertising, and other areas of opportunity. (4) The use of discriminatory algorithmic processes causes disproportionate harm to populations that already experience marginalization. (5) Online platforms constantly engage in content moderation decision making, resulting in highly influential outcomes regarding what content is visible and accessible to users. (6) Online platforms’ content moderation practices have disproportionately significant repercussions for members of marginalized communities, who have historically been the target of nefarious online activity, including disinformation campaigns. (7) Users of online platforms should have access to understandable information about how online platforms moderate content and use algorithmic processes to amplify or recommend content. (8) Users of online platforms should be able to easily move their data to alternative online platforms, and the importance of this right is particularly significant given certain online platforms’ use of harmful algorithmic processes and engagement in ineffective content moderation. (9) In a variety of sectors, algorithmic processes also facilitate discriminatory outcomes on online platforms that individuals may not personally interact with,