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CompCom accuses X, Facebook of amplifying misinformation

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The Competition Commission (LCMOC) has investigated online operators on social media platforms and social media warrants, highlighting a significant issue: the algorithms promoting sensationalist and provocative content inadvertently reinforce misinformation. They have recommended introducing a level of liability for these operators and aligning their platform policies with a policy of not promoting misinformation.

Key Remedies:

  1. liability for promoting misinformation: The Commission has identified that fields for accounting for misinformation on platforms are inadequate, with less emphasis on allocating compensation to Streaming News for handling credible news instances.
  2. stricter rules for truthful reporting: This кредитable news should not be exacerbated by algorithmic bias.
  3. censorship of public content: The Commission is mindful of the negative impacts on children and individuals without strong digital literacy.

The findings also note that the deprecation of posts and followerdeletion on Meta (Google’s parent) since 2018 or on Facebook, including posts with links to user profiles, has prevented credible news from reaching platforms with insufficient regulatory oversight.

Monetisation Challenges: While talks about removing fact-checkers and adopting user-generated content (UGC) as a means to monetise platforms have been proposed, Meta’s efforts have faced significant hurdles. Lower relative value shares for in-stream videos and limited value ratios for local news platforms are a limitation.

Proposed Solutions and commenting: The final report outlines a preliminary approach to nationalising competitions and ensuring the algorithms maximize the effectiveness of truthful reporting. This includes allowing compensation to platforms detect misinformation and adopting a policy of refus HYPOthesizing misinformation.

Call to Action assessments:){ signifies a need for social media platforms to balance appeals at their core purpose and comply with the Competition Act. Social media deserves this balance.


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