Can a new law help pry open the black boxes of social media giants?

The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act could force social media platforms to hand over valuable data about their inner workings to researchers and the public. But some worry the bill could be tricky to implement.

Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a new version of the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, which could force social media platforms to hand over valuable data about their inner workings to researchers and the public. But while researchers agree it would be a powerful new tool for examining how these platforms influence society, some worry the bill could be tricky to implement.

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