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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

unless they open source their code and/or provide some public interface to test and validate feed content

This honestly seems like a good idea. I think one of the ways to mitigate the harm of algorithmically driven content feeds is openness and transparency.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well for the end users and any regulators it’s a great idea. But the companies aren’t going to go along with this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Then they must be held liable for what they allow to spread on their platforms