Re: How would "algorithmic choice" laws/regulations impact ActivityPub?

Il 20/01/25 14:51, Matthew Terenzio ha scritto:
> Does EU require the platform to offer third party moderation choices as the
> Missouri law requires? I think that's what makes it difficult to execute.

There is no "Missouri law", just a vague promise of potential future 
regulation. If a law for "algorithmic choice" emerges, it will probably 
end up being similar to the EU's. (In any case, EU legislation affects 
many more people and is already in force, so it's best to start there.)

As for the press release you mention, it doesn't seem to have anything 
to do with "algorithmic choice" at all: it says things such as «Users 
are provided with a choice screen upon account activation and at least 
every 6 months thereafter that gives them the opportunity to choose 
among competing content moderators».

The fediverse already satifies this: the "competing content moderators" 
are the different fediverse instances. People regularly change instances 
when they dislike the moderation decisions of their own instance. I 
believe recent Mastodon releases even provide regular reminders that you 
can move to a different instance (every time there's a new moderation 
decision which affects your followers/follows). Some fediverse apps 
default to account creation on a specific instance, so that "ballot 
screen" option isn't satisfied at the moment, but then I'll be very 
surprised if it survives lobbying by Facebook et al.

Federico

Received on Monday, 20 January 2025 13:07:28 UTC