The administration of US President Joe Biden has laid out six principles for reforming tech giants’ platforms to contain their influence. Writes about it Reuters.
“The emergence of technology platforms has presented new and challenging challenges: from the tragic acts of violence associated with toxic online culture, […] to the fundamental rights of Americans and communities around the world suffering from the rise of technology platforms,” the White House said.
The principles of “Increasing competition and accountability of technical platforms” were released after a meeting of representatives of the administration with an expert group. These include:
- encouraging competition in the technology sector;
- the adoption of strong federal measures to protect privacy, in particular children;
- removal of special legal protection for large technology platforms;
- increasing the transparency of platform algorithms and content moderation solutions;
- termination of discriminatory algorithmic decision making.
According to a White House official, the United States needs “clear rules of conduct” so that small and medium-sized businesses can compete with corporations on an equal footing.
“These principles are the culmination of months of administration work and engagement with multiple stakeholders,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
She added that the administration is awaiting feedback from technology companies.
Also, a bipartisan group of senators introduced antitrust legislation aimed at regulating four tech giants – Meta, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon. They want to prevent corporations from prioritizing their own business in search results and in other ways.
Legislators are confident that there are 60 votes in the Senate required to pass the document. A hearing date has not yet been set.
Recall that in September the White House revealed plans for the implementation of the CHIPS law. In particular, recipients of state aid will be banned from building new factories in China for 10 years.
In August, the US Federal Trade Commission launched a procedure to regulate surveillance technologies, algorithms, and data security.
In May, the White House warned about the threats of using AI tools in recruiting.
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The administration of US President Joe Biden has laid out six principles for reforming tech giants’ platforms to contain their influence. Writes about it Reuters.
“The emergence of technology platforms has presented new and challenging challenges: from the tragic acts of violence associated with toxic online culture, […] to the fundamental rights of Americans and communities around the world suffering from the rise of technology platforms,” the White House said.
The principles of “Increasing competition and accountability of technical platforms” were released after a meeting of representatives of the administration with an expert group. These include:
- encouraging competition in the technology sector;
- the adoption of strong federal measures to protect privacy, in particular children;
- removal of special legal protection for large technology platforms;
- increasing the transparency of platform algorithms and content moderation solutions;
- termination of discriminatory algorithmic decision making.
According to a White House official, the United States needs “clear rules of conduct” so that small and medium-sized businesses can compete with corporations on an equal footing.
“These principles are the culmination of months of administration work and engagement with multiple stakeholders,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
She added that the administration is awaiting feedback from technology companies.
Also, a bipartisan group of senators introduced antitrust legislation aimed at regulating four tech giants – Meta, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon. They want to prevent corporations from prioritizing their own business in search results and in other ways.
Legislators are confident that there are 60 votes in the Senate required to pass the document. A hearing date has not yet been set.
Recall that in September the White House revealed plans for the implementation of the CHIPS law. In particular, recipients of state aid will be banned from building new factories in China for 10 years.
In August, the US Federal Trade Commission launched a procedure to regulate surveillance technologies, algorithms, and data security.
In May, the White House warned about the threats of using AI tools in recruiting.
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