CNTI’s Summary
Digital platforms have become central to how people around the world find and share news and information. Currently, each platform operates under its own rules and conventions, including what content is shown and prioritized by algorithmic infrastructures and internal company policies. Establishing legal and organizational policy to promote algorithmic transparency is one critical step toward a structure that allows for more accountability for often-opaque digital platform practices related to content selection and moderation processes. Various stakeholders – including policymakers, researchers, journalists and the public – also often have different purposes and uses for transparency, which need to be thought through to be sure it serves those needs while protecting against the risks of political or commercial manipulation. These considerations also carry through to who is designated to regulate transparency requirements.
