U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon is sponsoring a bill that could change the digital economy dominated by Google and Facebook, writes Christian Hetrick for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The antitrust bill would allow users to take data — photos, friend lists, customer reviews, etc. — and easily move it to a rival platform.

The House Judiciary Committee has moved her bill and five others targeting Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

A Congressional investigation concluded the digital economy is too concentrated, with only a few companies controlling online searches, social media, or advertising.

“These new-age monopolies have grown quite rapidly and without regulation, but now we’re seeing serious impact on Americans and on small businesses,” said Scanlon, a Democrat from Delaware County. “The time has come to do something about it.”

Scanlon’s bill looks at the difficulty consumers like social media users have moving photos or personal information to another site. The only option now is to start from scratch and reload years of content.

A company can be locked in on a large platform if it can’t transfer positive five-star ratings and customer reviews to a new site.

Read more in The Philadelphia Inquirer about U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon’s antitrust bill.