S 5339
117th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Platform Accountability and Transparency Act
Introduced: December 21, 2022
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 21, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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