S 5339 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

Summary

Platform Accountability and Transparency Act This bill increases access to the data of large technology platforms (i.e., platforms with at least 50 million unique monthly users in the United States) in order to facilitate research concerning activities on those platforms, particularly by requiring platforms to disclose data to researchers who participate in a research program jointly established by the National Science Foundation and the Federal Trade Commission.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Dec 2022

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Introduced Dec 21, 2022 Last action Dec 21, 2022

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Dec 21, 2022

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Dec 21, 2022

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors