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Facebook calls for data portability laws as it expands the types of info users can transfer to other services – CNBC
Facebook is using the launch to illustrate how firmer guidelines around the process could enable a greater, and more secure, flow of data between services.

Facebook is renewing its calls for Congress to create guidelines about how online services should make users’ data available to transfer to other platforms as it expands its own feature to do just that.
Facebook announced Monday it’s expanding a tool that allows users to transfer their data to other services. Facebook will now enable users to transfer a copy of their posts and notes to Blogger, Google Docs and WordPress. The company already has a way for users to transfer their photos and videos…
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