TELL CONGRESS TO ACT NOW
The internet is drowning in a flood of bad bots that crowd out human users, drive up costs, and steal content. These bots, many of whom come from China or other countries, disguise their identities and sometimes even hijack devices in American homes to hide their country of origin. Website owners have tried to stop them, but they need help to protect their content and keep the internet clean.
That help is coming, in the form of the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act - a common-sense piece of legislation that forces bad bots to identify themselves, giving content creators the information they need to protect themselves. It was just introduced in the House with bipartisan support, but it needs more co-sponsors, and more pressure on lawmakers, to actually become law.
Click the button below and enter your address to find contact information for your member of Congress, then either call or email to ask them to co-sponsor the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act.
Sample Script for Phone Call or Email
You can use the language below as a script for a phone call to your member of Congress' office, or copy and paste into an email.
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY/TOWN, ZIP]. I'm reaching out to ask Representative [LAST NAME] to co-sponsor H.R. 9915, the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act.
Right now, the internet is drowning in a flood of bad bots. There are now more bots than people on the internet, and most are "bad bots," many of whom come from China or other countries, that crowd out human users, drive up costs, and steal content.
The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act is a common-sense, bipartisan fix: it simply requires bad bots to honestly identify themselves and what they're doing, so that web hosts have the information they need to protect themselves.
I'm asking the Representative to co-sponsor this bill to keep the internet clean and protect quality content.
Thank you,
[YOUR NAME]
Learn More About the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act
For more information about the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, check out the following links:
- Stop the 'Bad Bots' with the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act - an op-ed about the bill from News/Media Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey
- A New Bill Targets ‘Bad Bots’ That Scrape Websites Without Permission - an article explaining the substance and support behind the bill
- Rep. Laurel Lee Introduces Bipartisan Stealth Bot Prohibition Act to Increase Transparency and Combat Deceptive AI Web Crawlers - a press release by Rep. Laurel Lee announcing her introduction of the bill
- News/Media Alliance Fact Sheet on the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act