United States of America: Social Media Disclosure and Transparency of Advertisements (DATA) Act
Progress
Current status
rejected
03 Jan 2023 rejected
20 May 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Rejected Social Media DATA Act (H.R.3451)
On 3 January 2023, the Social Media DATA Act was rejected after failing to pass before the 117th Congress adjourned.
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
rejection
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament
Introduction of bill to increase availability of digital advertisement data for academic researchers
On 20 May 2021, Congresswomen Lori Trahan and Kathy Castor introduced the Social Media DATA Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill aims to unlock more information from large platforms such as Facebook and Google about their implemented d…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament