PRO Pushing to Ban Addictive Algorithms that Keep You Scrolling
Barbara Kathmann says the ban would force platforms to prove their services are not addictive and protect children and adults.
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Dutch MP proposes ban on digital's 'harmful addictive design features'
MP Barbara Kathmann tabled a proposal in the Dutch Parliament to end addictive design features such as endless scrolling, autoplay and manipulative algorithms for all online services including social media, gaming, dating apps and streaming platforms.
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Progressive Netherlands is proposing to legally enshrine safety requirements for social media. This would lead to a ban on addictive algorithms. PRO MP Barbara Kathmann will submit her bill this Monday.
PRO pushing to ban addictive algorithms that keep you scrolling
PRO parliamentarian Barbara Kathmann is submitting a legislative proposal on Monday to ban harmful algorithms that keep you scrolling endlessly or lead to impulse purchases. She intends to classify online platforms’ manipulative design features as “unfair commercial practices,” which are already prohibited by law, NOS reports.
There must be a ban on tricks that cause you to keep scrolling endlessly on online media or, for example, to make a quick purchase when you did not intend to. That is the wish of Pro MP Kathmann, who is submitting a bill today to tackle harmful algorithms. "As consumers, we deserve better protection," she says. "This law must ensure that all manipulative tricks that make us addicted, that make us spend money and spend far too much time online, …
Dutch MP proposes law banning 'harmful addictive design features' on all digital platforms
MP Barbara Kathmann tabled a proposal in the Dutch Parliament to end addictive design features such as endless scrolling, autoplay and manipulative algorithms for all online services including social media, gaming, dating apps and streaming platforms.
Doomscrolling must be banned. Or rather, not the act of constantly scrolling on social media apps, but the algorithms in those apps that make us addicted and keep us scrolling endlessly. This is the argument put forward by Pro MP Barbara Kathmann. Today, she is submitting a bill to ban those algorithms.
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