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Brazil just banned X. Could other countries follow suit? (theconversation.com)
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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

unless they open source their code and/or provide some public interface to test and validate feed content

This honestly seems like a good idea. I think one of the ways to mitigate the harm of algorithmically driven content feeds is openness and transparency.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well for the end users and any regulators it’s a great idea. But the companies aren’t going to go along with this.

[–] tarsisurdi 2 points 7 months ago

Then they must be held liable for what they allow to spread on their platforms