Miguel Afonso Caetano  

#USA #SocialMedia #Competition #Antitrust #Interoperability: "Are larger social media platforms gatekeeping user data to stifle competition?

Some U.S. senators believe this is the case and have proposed what they think is a viable solution — a bill that would essentially require social media platforms with over 100 million monthly users to make user data portable and interoperable with other platforms. The proposal would also allow users to designate a third-party service to manage their privacy and account settings.

This week, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., reintroduced the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act, with the support of Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.

“Interoperability and portability are powerful tools to promote innovative new companies and limit anti-competitive behaviors,” the group said in a statement."

govtech.com/policy/proposal-wo

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@remixtures makes a sense to me! Protocols not platforms

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