[ethbr0]

>> "Large online platforms like Facebook will have to make the working of their recommender algorithms (e.g. used for sorting content on the News Feed or suggesting TV shows on Netflix) transparent to users. Users should also be offered a recommender system “not based on profiling.”"

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.

[judge2020]

> 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.

Care to elaborate? Discrimination in terms of what ads are displayed perhaps?

[hiptobecubic]

For example: https://archive.curbed.com/2019/12/17/21026311/mortgage-apar...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5520558/artificial-int...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3m7jq/dozens-of-cities-have...

[dmitriid]

> We'll see how willing the EU is to levy fines for breaches.

It has been very slow with GDPR, I expect it to be even slower here.

[ohgodplsno]

Google is rolling out one-click cookie rejection as a result of gigantic fines threatened by the French CNIL. Having already been slapped with 90M and 60M, seems like there's not much of a need for fines. They know Europe isn't playing around.

[hakre]

> They know Europe isn't playing around.

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.

[ethbr0]

https://www.privacyaffairs.com/gdpr-fines/