Mozilla Weighs in on Accountability Legislation - PATA can help keep the Internet in the public's best interest

Abstraction: Mozilla endorsing bipartisan PATA bill for platform researcher data access

Key points:

• Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) is bipartisan, co-sponsored by Sens. Coons, Cassidy, Klobuchar, Cornyn, Blumenthal, and Romney
• PATA would require social media platforms to provide data access for public-interest research projects
• Bill creates a legal safe harbor enabling legitimate public-interest research free from threats of legal action
• Also establishes ad transparency requirements for major platforms
• Mozilla has a track record of advocating for researcher data access in the US and globally (EU DSA, Twitter API access, etc.)
• Mozilla Head of US Public Policy Jenn Hodges: transparency is "a critical step to understanding and effectively solving hidden harms online"

Connections: Mozilla · Platform Transparency · Platform Accountability · Disinformation

Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2023/06/09/mozilla-weighs-in-on-accountability-legislation-public-policies-like-pata-can-help-to-keep-the-internet-in-the-publics-best-interest/