U.S. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., plan to propose a bill to give social media users stronger data portability rights, Axios reports. The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act would require social media platforms to allow users to transfer their personal data between platforms. The bill would also force any communications platform with more than 100 million active users in the U.S. per month to ensure their services are interoperable. Meanwhile, the Network Advertising Initiative has released the findings of its consumer survey on privacy and digital advertising.
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