Researchers would get new ways to study big internet companies; journalists would get legal protection for public data.
New pathways would be created for university researchers and non-profit organizations to access privacy-protected data from large internet companies. Separately, journalists and other researchers would get legal protection to collect publicly available information. This aims to bring more transparency about how these companies operate and influence public life, while protecting user privacy.
Today, independent researchers and journalists often struggle to get data from large internet companies, making it hard to study their effects on society. Platforms can also sue researchers for violating terms of service when collecting public data. After this bill, approved university and non-profit researchers would have a legal pathway to access privacy-protected data from large platforms. Journalists and other researchers would also be protected when collecting publicly available information for public interest projects, and large platforms would have to publicly share more information about their operations.
S 3292 · 119th Congress · December 1, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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