According to a blog post from the company, Instagram and Facebook users in Europe have more options to disable Meta’s recommendation algorithms. According to Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, users in Europe will be able to access features like Reels, Stories, and Search on Facebook and Instagram without seeing content that has been classified by Meta’s recommendation algorithms.
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Meta is making changes to comply with the European Union’s Digital Services Regulation (DSA), a new legal framework that will affect how tech companies regulate content on their platforms. Specifically, the DSA requires very large online platforms to allow users to opt out of receiving personalized recommendations. TikTok announced a similar change to its service in Europe earlier this month. Meta says it should be DSA compliant by the end of the month.
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Instagram and Facebook users already have the ability to view select parts of the services using chronological feeds without algorithmically recommended content. Instagram introduced a purely chronological feed in March 2022, while Facebook announced a “Feeds” tab a few months later, in July. In both cases, the announcements concerned the main feeds offered by the two services, with no mention of the ability to access Reels or Stories content chronologically.
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According to Clegg, the changes made to the companies’ Stories, Reels, and Search are just a small part of the overall work that Meta is doing to comply with the DSA this month. Meta reportedly has more than 1,000 employees currently working to comply with the new rules. Clegg says the company has released an expanded Ad Catalog to provide more transparency about the ads that appear on platforms , provided more details about its recommendation algorithms, and introduced new restrictions on how advertisers can target teens. It is also working to make it easier to report illegal content on platforms and will provide users in the EU with more information about its mitigation decisions.
Source of information: theverge.com
