Committee tables bill to require data portability and optional social-media interoperability
The committee heard hours of testimony for and against SB85, the Virginia Digital Choice Act, which would let users export social media and some AI data and enable interoperability platforms; concerns about technical feasibility, privacy, and a potential conflict with Virginia's data law led the committee to table the bill 17–3 and request further review.
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Senator Van Vulenberg introduced Senate Bill 85 and a substitute, saying the proposal would give users the ability to download and transfer social-media and related AI data and would provide a framework for interoperability while expressly not forcing platforms to import other operators' data.
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