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Socially destructive algorithms. the filter bubble transparency act, backed by conservatives and liberals in the house and senate would give people the ability to opt out of algorithms that show content based on personal data. another bipartisan senate bill would impose transparency on social media companies by requiring them to release internal algorithm data upon request to independent researchers vetted by the national science foundation. this would give the public a lot more information about how our information is being used. these are not silver bullets. they would not solve all that ail...

Propose modest steps toward fixing our addiction to these socially destructive algorithms, the filter bubble transparency act, backed by conservatives and liberals in the house and senate would give people the ability to opt out of algorithms that show content based on personal data. another bipartisan senate bill would impose transparency on social media companies by requiring them to release internal algorithm data upon request to independent researchers vetted bit national science foundation. this would give the public a lot more information about how our information is being used. these ar...

Senators from both parties in the United States have introduced a bill that would oblige social media companies to disclose platform data with independent researchers.Democratic senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Republican Rob Portman (R-OH) announced the measure on Thursday. The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) would create new rules requiring social media firms to share data with "qualified researchers," defined as university-affiliated researchers working on National Science Foundation-approved projects (NSF).

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee earned a few token concessions from Instagram chief Adam Mosseri in a hearing Wednesday.

Congress wants to start regulating tools that social media companies use to watch our online activity.