1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Qualified research projects, qualified researchers, and qualified data and information. Sec. 4. Obligations and immunity for platforms. Sec. 5. Obligations and immunity for qualified researchers. Sec. 6. Reporting. Sec. 7. Enforcement. Sec. 8. Establishing a safe harbor for research on social media platforms. Sec. 9. Rulemaking authority. Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 11. Severability. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Chair The term Chair means the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. (3) NSF The term NSF means the National Science Foundation. (4) 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. (5) Platform The term platform means any entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade 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 one 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