A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants social media apps including Facebook, TikTok and Twitter to increase transparency by providing internal data to researchers. Senators from both sides of the ai…
After poll, Musk says he’ll step down as Twitter CEO once he finds ‘someone foolish enough to take the job’
Senators from both sides of the aisle introduced the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act on Wednesday which would require tech companies to submit data about ad libraries, content moderation and algorithms to an independent body. Social media companies would be required to provide the data to researchers who have been approved by the National Science Foundation, which is an independent agency.
Section 230 protects apps from being sued for content posted by third-party members. In recent years, there have been calls from public officials to repeal the law in order to rein in tech firms who have been criticized for their content moderation policies.Talk of
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