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In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) NSF The term NSF means the National Science Foundation. (3) Personal information The term personal information means any information, regardless of how the information is collected, inferred, or obtained that is linked or reasonably linkable to a specific consumer or consumer device. (4) Platform The term platform means any entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under section 5(a)(2) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)) that— (A) operates a website, desktop application, augmented or virtual reality application, or mobile application that— (i) permits a person to become a registered user, establish an account, or create a profile for the purpose of allowing the user to create, share, and view user-generated content through such an account or profile; (ii) enables 1 or more users to generate content that can be viewed by other users of the platform; and (iii) primarily serves as a medium for users to interact with content generated by other users of the platform and for the platform to deliver ads to users; and (B) has at least 50,000,000 unique monthly users in the United States for a majority of the months in the most recent 12-month period. (5) Qualified data and information (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the term qualified data and information means data and information from a platform— (i) that the NSF determines is necessary to allow a qualified researcher to carry out a qualified research project; and (ii) that— (I) is feasible for the platform to provide; (II) is proportionate to the needs of the qualified researchers to complete the qualified research project; (III) will not cause the platform undue burden in providing the data and information to the qualified researcher; and (IV) would not be otherwise available to the qualified researcher. (B) Exclusions Such term does not include any of the following: (i) Direct and private messages between users. (ii) Biometric information, such as a fingerprint, voiceprint, eye retinas, irises, or other unique biological patters or characteristics. (iii) Precise geospatial information. (6) Qualified researcher (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the term qualified researcher means a researcher affiliated with a United States university or a United States nonprofit organization (as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that is specifically identified in a research proposal that is approved as a qualified research project pursuant to section 3. (B) Exclusion Such term does not include a researcher who is affiliated with a Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement or intelligence agency. (7) Qualified research project The term qualified research project means a research plan that has been approved pursuant to section 3. (8) State The term State means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (9) User The term user means a person that uses a platform for any purpose, including advertisers and sellers, regardless of whether that person has an account or is otherwise registered with the platform.