Pluralism of News and Information in Curation and Indexing Algorithms
Pluralism of News and Information in Curation and Indexing Algorithms
Per the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2022, depending on the country, between 32% and 82% of people access news through social media. This growing trend has allowed tech companies to shape choices and norms for communication and ultimately structure the information and communication space.
Evidence has shown that the opacity surrounding tech companies’ management and valorisation has led to increasing harm to public debate, amplifying violent content and conspiracy theories, while struggling to promote diversity of ideas and information and favor media pluralism.
There is a pressing need to implement new safeguards to guarantee pluralism of information online.
On the occasion of UNESCO’s conference on “Internet for Trust” held on 21 February 2023, the Forum on Information and Democracy published the report of the working group on “Pluralism of News and Information in Curation and Indexing Algorithms” for the attention of States and digital platforms.
They worked on this report
Pier Luigi Parcu, Chair
William Bird
Taina Bucher
Patrícia Campos Mello
Dominique Cardon
Luis Fernando García
Anita Gurumurthy
Stefan Heumann
Angela Phillips
Scope of the report
Personal data protection and privacy
Provide recommendations to strengthen existing and upcoming personal data protection and privacy regulation in the context of curation and indexation algorithms.
Pluralism of news and information
Provide recommendations to improve pluralism of news and information and allow freedom of choice for users.
