S. 5339 · 117th Congress
Platform Accountability and Transparency Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Christopher Coons
- Introduced
- 2022-12-21
- Latest action
- 2022-12-21 · Introduced in Senate
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.