Germany Law to Force Algorithm Boost for State-Approved News
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#3It will be ironic if AfD wins and then pushes their right wing viewpoint to the max to everyone.
There will be immediately be a "no wait, you can't do that" backlash from the same actors that are proposing this.
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#4>Instagram, and TikTok will be legally required to make those outlets’ content more visible in users’ feeds.
That can be a good thing, something is really needed to make sure people see real verifiable facts instead of people's made up conspiracy theories. Add on top of that AI, things could get real bad quickly.
But this can easily be abused, I have to wonder what checks will be applied.
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#5This is not only undemocratic, but it’s essentially a mild form of censorship.
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#6I don't know how I feel about this, conceptually.
It's clear that social media are natural monopolies, and are being politically leveraged by the people who run them. So the status quo is definitely far from free speech. It's more of a "command economy of ideas" than a "marketplace".
But is this a reasonable solution? I feel like rules around algorithmic neutrality and penalties for misinformation might be better?
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#7I think creating a government whitelist of default-promoted sources is almost scarier than action taken against specific ones. There's less friction to prevent abuse of power.
At least from an American law perspective, you could point to clear damages on a blacklist and sue.
Re: Germany Law to Force Algorithm Boost for State-Approved News
#8>Instagram, and TikTok will be legally required to make those outlets’ content more visible in users’ feeds. That can be a good thing, something is really needed to make sure people see real verifiable facts instead of people's made up conspiracy theories. Add on top of that AI, things could get real bad quickly. But this can easily be abused, I have to wonder what checks will be applied.
It will be abused. Usually free (counter) speech is the only reliable solution in the long run.
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#10This is not only undemocratic, but it’s essentially a mild form of censorship.
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