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US states push for legislation to allow data transfer across social media platforms

By Xu Yuan ( March 17, 2026, 20:54 GMT | Insight) -- As a Utah law will soon take effect that requires social media companies to allow users to migrate their account and personal data across different platforms, several US states have introduced similar bills to give users more choices and to prevent platforms from becoming too powerful.A Utah law will soon take effect that requires social media companies to allow users to migrate their account and personal data across different platforms, and several other US states have introduced similar bills to give users more choices and to prevent platforms from becoming too powerful....

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