Germany finds itself vulnerable to ransomware threats.French content moderation rules risk fragmenting the digital single market.The media sector fears banning targeted advertising might undercut their business model.Yet this improvement might have not affected all countries equally, as non-English speaking countries like France and Germany were found to be particularly affected. YouTube, for its part, states it has made significant progress in detecting harmful content and avoiding it is promoted by the algorithm. Mozilla’s investigation found that 71% of the videos reported as harmful content had been recommended by the platform and that harmful content attracts, on average, 70% more views per day than other material. The platform’s growth was mainly driven by its recommendation system, which automatically provides personalised suggestions. The video-sharing giant has an enormous reach, with 2.3 billion users per month and one billion hours of time watch per day. Read more.ĭon’t miss: A report by Mozilla has stated that “the algorithm is the problem” for the spreading harmful content on YouTube, violating the platform’s own policies. Yet privacy advocates are far from satisfied, and fear automated tools might be prone to error, leading to legitimate adult materials (i.e. The European Parliament obtained some concessions, notably in terms of data retention periods and putting limits to the use of the screening technology.
The EU data protection watchdog and the Council of Europe both questioned the proportionality of the measure, considering it too intrusive to scan all online conversations. To tackle the issues, private companies will be able to put in place on a voluntary basis automated content recognition tools that detect material deemed suspected, which is thereby disclosed to the providers’ staff and in turn to the police authorities. Child abuse online has been on the rise in recent years, a situation made worst by the COVID pandemic. The temporary measure defines the legal basis for providers of electronic communication services to scan private online messages for material that depicts child sex abuse and to deploy technologies designed to detect grooming. Story of the week: The European Parliament adopted this week the final version of the ePrivacy derogation. Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs We need a permanent answer to counter a persistent threat against children.” This is only a temporary solution to fix an acute emergency. “This interim regulation ends uncertainty for companies. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.
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