Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to kill Facebook’s AI-powered newsfeed algorithm that is censoring Conservatives, allowing users to opt out of the company’s biased recommendation system.
The Putin administration is working on a new law that would require social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to provide users the choice to turn off all recommendation algorithms or risk legal consequences.
According to State Duma sources, the new law, which is expected to be enacted later this year, will require tech companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to allow users to disable far-left algorithms.
The announcement of the new Russian law comes a few weeks after Putin vowed to “punish Facebook” for failing to remove pedophilia content from their platform.
Rt.com reports: Anton Gorelkin, a member of the Committee on Information Policy, told Kommersant that the document is in its final stages. “It involves the regulation of recommendation services of social networks. Their transparency is important.” He added that “whether online movie streaming sites will also fall under the regulation is up for debate.” Gorelkin also wrote in recent days that “recommended algorithms are adjusted so that there is always fake information, provocations, and bullying throughout the user’s feed.”
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