The EU must set the standards for regulating online platforms, say MEPs

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201016IPR89543/digital-eu-must-set-the-standards-for-regulating-online-platforms-say-meps

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Some promising stuff here. My highlights:

- they seem to recognize the problems caused by recommendation engines optimizing for engagement

- they seem to oppose automated content filtering

My main worry is that attacking targeted advertising misses the mark: platforms would still be incentivized to optimize for engagement. Forcing platforms to make algorithmic recommendations optional would be as useless as all these cookie warnings.