Explaining algorithms could, in theory, give away a competitive advantage. However fairness to users seems to be a priority in this decision.
Both of those seem like good ideas and progress. The non-profiled recommender system option especially!
It's also really bothered me that tech companies of sufficient size can discriminate against legally-protected classes because "algorithms are complicated" and government regulators haven't pushed.
I'm not a fan of regulating design or use, but I'm a huge proponent of requiring transparency and detail on demand.
We'll see how willing the EU is to levy fines for breaches.
It's no doubt a consequence of most huge tech companies being American, but it's been refreshing to see the repeated "We have a law; You clearly broke it; Here's your fine" follow-through thus far from EU enforcement.
It has been very slow with GDPR, I expect it to be even slower here.
Haha, look how long it took. That's Billions gathered and I wonder/never heard anyone is asking the money back from these A-Z companies that make their money on the grey web.
Care to elaborate? Discrimination in terms of what ads are displayed perhaps?
Ordinary users will get censored. By the courts, by unelected regulators, and by Big Tech AI zealously nuking content to avoid arbitrary fines. It's content ID on steroids.
I suspect that Google and Facebook will not offer country specific blocklists like they do for Nazi content in Germany. If Hungary bans LGBTQIA content, it'll disappear in France. Europe can then have an argument about how they "really really not really" believe in free speech.
EU law applies to companies which operate in the EU.
> Article 29 Recommender systems
> 1. Very large online platforms that use recommender systems shall set out in their terms and conditions, in a clear, accessible and easily comprehensible manner, the main parameters used in their recommender systems, as well as any options for the recipients of the service to modify or influence those main parameters that they may have made available, including at least one option which is not based on profiling, within the meaning of Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
> 2. Where several options are available pursuant to paragraph 1, very large online platforms shall provide an easily accessible functionality on their online interface allowing the recipient of the service to select and to modify at any time their preferred option for each of the recommender systems that determines the relative order of information presented to them.
Easy to see this concept expanding
Why should anyone care if they have a competitive advantage?
If anything I want them to have a disadvantage, lose money, and go out of business.
Which is good. We could use some more competition on the market.