A new bipartisan Senate bill amends Section 230 to make commercial social media platforms responsible if their recommendation systems cause foreseeable harms
A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms.
Congress needs to reform the legal protections for tech companies when they use algorithms to promote content that drives Americans to political violence. Legislation I will introduce with @SenMarkKelly makes that change and will hold tech companies to account.
Social media companies and the algorithms they use are being regulated by outdated legislation. I'm proud to be working with Senator Kelly to bring these rules into the 21st century. [video]
.@SenJohnCurtis makes a powerful point: algorithms designed to keep us enraged for profit are causing real-world harm. That's exactly why we wrote the Algorithm Accountability Act—to hold big tech companies accountable. https://www.wsj.com/...
The right thing to do is go after social media *advertising*. Ads fund the scams and harms; it's where the money is. Much bigger fines for scammy ads would change platform incentives for tuning recommender systems. And regulators already know how to regulate scammy ads. [embe…