Utah Data Sharing Law Creates Path to Upend Social Media Model

Utah’s one-of-a-kind law creating new data portability and interoperability requirements for social media companies is set to usher a broad set of US platforms into a costly and complex era of compliance.

The law that allows individuals to transfer their data between social media sites has sparked interest from a half-dozen other states and signals a paradigm shift in control of personal information once it’s posted online, bill sponsor Utah state Rep. Doug Fiefia (R) said. Spreading the model, however, will be an uphill battle, based on opposition from industry trade groups representing companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google and ...