The EU must set the standards for regulating online platforms, say MEPs

2 points by mpartel 4 years ago | 1 comment
  • mpartel 4 years ago
    Some promising stuff here. My highlights:

    - they seem to recognize the problems caused by recommendation engines optimizing for engagement

    - they seem to oppose automated content filtering

    My main worry is that attacking targeted advertising misses the mark: platforms would still be incentivized to optimize for engagement. Forcing platforms to make algorithmic recommendations optional would be as useless as all these cookie warnings.