Open Letter to EU Lawmakers: Use the DSA to Stop Platforms from Suppressing Public Interest Research

If you want to reduce the power of Facebook, Google, and all the other companies that live on clickbait and ad dollars, which is at the root of this horrendous trend of fake news and misinformation spreading like wildfire, then you need to fight for laws that dictate that at least x% of revenue must come from subscription fees. In other words, force Facebook at Co to adopt a paid service / subscription business model, not a free but paid by ads model. That would be the game changer, everything else is just cosmetics.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, etc. All have horrid business practices. Exposing their algorithms will only show us what we already know: irresponsible data mining, targeted advertising, selling data...

Reading from email the description behind this petition, I consider it entirely is useless. I don't see the reason why algorithms need to be revealed in first place. To create your own social media better than Facebook? What stops you to do it now? To stop manipulation and information filtering? How about improving education within the country first? This petition has no positive means for humanity and is a waste of time and resources. Stop wasting your and other times.

Quelle: Common sense