China sets deadline for Big Tech to clear algorithm issues, close ‘echo chambers’
China sets deadline for Big Tech to clear algorithm issues, close ‘echo chambers’
Latest move to tighten regulation comes amid soaring use of algorithms for content recommendation, e-commerce and gig work distribution.
Imagine having a government that demands things of its corporations instead of the other way around
American government actually makes more demands on their citizens. Street level China is still very laissez-faire in most cities.
Imagine having a Government that uses political prisoners as forced laborers.
Imagine having a government that uses incarcerated people of colour as forced laborers.
I don't have to imagine that I live in the US
No need to imagine. Slavery is conditionally legal in the US, as written in the Thirteenth Amendment.
Imagine…
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States
- World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country
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The lowest is Massachusetts, at 275 per 100K. China is less than half that, at 121.
Why not both?
System providers should avoid recommendation algorithms that create “echo chambers” and induce addiction, allow manipulation of trending items, or exploit gig workers’ rights, the notice said.
They should also crack down on unfair pricing and discounts targeting different demographics, ensure “healthy content” for elderly and children, and impose a robust “algorithm review mechanism and data security management system”.
Lemmy has no problems with this.
Because Lemmy is a voluntary echo chamber.
While I think this is un enforceable, I started to be careful what I click.
Just one click can ruin my feed.
And it is boring watch all the same stuff in the feed. I have many different interests, just put them all in there don't focus only on the last one.
I don't understand why do they do it. Diverse content will engage me more.
yes, it got to a point where i tried to game the algorithms once on one of these platforms to get the type of content i want and nothing else. instead it started showing me the most disturbing shit imaginable. i eventually started to report the content but the more i reported it the more of that shit it would show me like i was some kind of unpaid moderator they wouldn't need to cover with PTSD bills.
i have since moved on from algorithm-fueled platforms. i just do not understand the appeal of all the hate and bullshit it brings "for advertising engagement" that this whole bluesky fanbase is advertising like something good and useful.