Social Media Recommender Systems Should Deliver Value, not “User Engagement"...
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Panel argues social media recommenders are optimized for engagement, not public interest, and points to active DSA investigations (TikTok, Meta) and an Italian ruling as enforcement openings. Proposals include using consumer law (unfair commercial practices), stronger GDPR action, mandatory risk assessments and testing, and alternative ranking metrics like diversity and quality. Concrete design ideas include sliders for objectives, interfaces for meaningful feedback and mandatory choice beyond transparency, and moving toward safe-by-default defaults with external auditing.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Regulating social media recommenders
- 2:12Recommenders must deliver value
- 5:47Stronger regulation needed
- 10:03GDPR’s limits on recommenders
- 17:48Digital Services Act powers
- 23:48Consumer protection proposals
- 33:21Engagement as sole principle?
- 40:06Values beyond engagement
- 51:07Enforcement challenges
- 1:04:34Closing remarks
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