Contact Congress about S. 150: Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025

Federal agencies would study how cartels recruit people online. They would then create a national plan to respond, using current law and current funding. The plan must include privacy and civil rights protections.

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Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Latest action on S. 150: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects federal agencies that handle border security, law enforcement, foreign affairs, intelligence, privacy, and civil rights. It also affects state, Tribal, and local governments that may work with them. Online platforms could see new voluntary reporting ideas, though the bill does not give agencies new power over those companies. Young people in border communities may see more outreach about cartel recruitment and the risks of joining illegal activity.

Why this matters: Cartels may use everyday online tools to pull people in the United States into serious crimes. This bill would make federal agencies study that problem together and plan a shared response. It could lead to better reporting channels, more youth outreach, and closer cooperation across agencies. But the bill does not add new powers or money, so the results would depend on how agencies use what they already have.

Key provisions in S. 150

• Federal agencies must report within 180 days on how cross-border criminal groups use online services. The report must cover recruitment and illegal activity by those groups and related criminal enterprises.
• The bill defines covered online services broadly. It includes social media, messaging services with major social features, multiplayer games, and immersive technology platforms when these groups use them.
• The bill names the illegal activities it covers. They include drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, cybercrime, intellectual property crimes, bulk cash smuggling, and related money laundering.
• Federal agencies must submit a national strategy within one year after the bill becomes law. The strategy focuses on fighting illegal recruitment by transnational criminal organizations on social media and online platforms.
• The strategy must improve how agencies work together. It must also address voluntary reporting, more intelligence analysis, foreign cooperation, and outreach to young people in border communities.

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What is S. 150?

Federal agencies would study how cartels recruit people online. They would then create a national plan to respond, using current law and current funding. The plan must include privacy and civil rights protections.

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