Definitions

In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Communications provider The term communications provider means a consumer-facing communications and information services provider. (3) Competing communications provider The term competing communications provider, with respect to a large communications platform provider, means another communications provider offering, or planning to offer, similar products or services to consumers. (4) Competing communications service The term competing communications service, with respect to a large communications platform, means a similar product or service provided by a competing communications provider. (5) Custodial third-party agent The term custodial third-party agent means an entity that is duly authorized by a user to interact with a large communications platform provider on that user’s behalf to manage the user’s online interactions, content, and account settings. (6) Interoperability interface The term interoperability interface means an electronic interface maintained by a large communications platform for purposes of achieving interoperability. (7) Large communications platform The term large communications platform means a product or service provided by a communications provider that— (A) generates income, directly or indirectly, from the collection, processing, sale, or sharing of user data; and (B) has more than 100,000,000 monthly active users in the United States. (8) Large communications platform provider The term large communications platform provider means a communications provider that provides, manages, or controls a large communications platform. (9) User data (A) In general The term user data means information that is— (i) collected directly by a communications provider; and (ii) linked, or reasonably linkable, to a specific person. (B) Exclusion The term user data does not include information that is rendered unusable, unreadable, de-identified, or anonymized.