Senate Bill Calls For Search Engines to Divulge Algorithms
One of Thune’s concerns is “the potential for search algorithms to be used to prey on users’ emotions, seeking to stir anger and prolonging their use of a service, for example.” The measure describes an unfiltered search as one that “wouldn’t consider user-specific profile data — such as the user’s geographic location and search and browsing history — in formulating search results unless the user expressly provides such data to the platform for purposes of the search.”
The proposed law, which would be enforced by the FCC, would only apply to platforms with more than 500 employees or $50 million in revenue, or those that “collect or process the personal data” of more than one million people. WSJ notes that “the bill represents the most serious legislative effort to date to put limits on the use of online algorithms.”
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