Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (Republican-AZ)January 16, 2025

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Passed Both Chambers

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

Government would create a plan to stop criminal groups from recruiting people online.

This bill would make federal agencies create a national plan to fight criminal groups that recruit people in the U.S. through social media and other online services. It aims to protect individuals, especially young people in border areas, from being drawn into illegal activities. This would be a new, coordinated effort by the government to tackle online recruitment.

What Would Change

Today, there is no specific law requiring federal agencies to work together on a national plan to stop criminal groups from recruiting people online. If this bill becomes law, the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State would have to create and carry out such a strategy, along with regularly reporting on their progress for five years.

Key Provisions

Requires the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State to create a national strategy to stop criminal groups from recruiting people in the U.S. through social media and other online services.
Requires these departments to assess how criminal groups use online platforms for recruitment and other illegal activities, like smuggling and trafficking.
Requires the strategy to include plans for better cooperation between federal, state, local, and tribal governments, and international partners.
Requires the strategy to include outreach to youth in border communities about recruitment tactics and the consequences of illegal activities.
Ensures the strategy includes measures to protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, especially for minors.

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Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025

What Would Change

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