Key Takeaways
- Daim nqi tshiab bipartisan PATA hu rau social media platforms los qhia cov ntaub ntawv nrog cov kws tshawb fawb ywj pheej.
- Qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws rau kev nkag siab txog kev puas tsuaj hauv online yog qhov tsis muaj ntaub ntawv, tawm tsam cov neeg tawm suab.
- Tsis ua raws yuav nyiam kev nplua.
Cov neeg tawm tswv yim txog kev tshaj tawm txog kev pom tseeb yog cov hauv paus rau daim nqi tshiab uas lawv vam tias yuav pab ua kom lub platform tsis muaj tshuaj lom rau cov neeg siv.
Daim nqi Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) tsis yog thawj txoj cai lij choj uas lub hom phiaj los qhia txog kev pom tseeb rau hauv cov kua ntses zais cia uas ua rau muaj kev sib raug zoo hauv zej zog. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum qhov kev sim ua ntej xws li 2020's Platform Accountability thiab Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act ua tsis tiav, PATA tuaj thaum muaj kev npau taws loj hlob tawm tsam kev sib raug zoo, tom qab Facebook Cov ntaub ntawv xau thiab Senate zaj lus tim khawv ntawm Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri.
"Yog cov ntawv Facebook tau qhia peb ib yam dab tsi, nws yog qhov muaj kev puas tsuaj tiag tiag uas tau ua rau cov pab pawg neeg siv, xws li cov hluas. ua los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb sab nraum lub platform lawv tus kheej yog li txawm tias qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm cov haujlwm tshawb fawb no tsis txaus ntseeg, lawv tseem pom lub hnub ci, "hais Laura Edelson, Ph. D. Tus neeg sib tw ntawm NYU Tandon Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Engineering thiab tus thawj coj tshawb fawb ntawm NYU's Cybersecurity for Democracy project, hauv email rau Lifewire.
Ntxhais txheej txheej
PATA tau tshaj tawm los ntawm Democratic Senators Chris Coons (Delaware), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), thiab Republican Senator Rob Portman (Ohio).
Nyob rau hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm, cov neeg trio tau thov daim nqi yuav pab txhawb kev lav phib xaub thiab kev pom tseeb ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm kev sib tham thiab pab xyuas kom lawv tsis yog "kev cai lij choj hauv qhov tsaus ntuj."
PATA yuav nug Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Lag Luam Kev Lag Luam (FTC) kom qhia meej cov cai rau kev tshaj tawm hauv xov xwm kom ua tau qee cov ntaub ntawv muaj rau cov kws tshawb fawb ywj pheej uas tsim nyog. Nws txhais cov kws tshawb fawb tsim nyog raws li cov koom nrog hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab tab tom nrhiav cov haujlwm pom zoo los ntawm National Science Foundation (NSF), uas yog tsoomfwv lub koomhaum ywj pheej.
Lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov kev tawm dag zog tag nrho yog saib hauv cov ntaub ntawv siled, uas Senators sib cav tau ua rau qee tus neeg siv ua rau yav dhau los.
"Nyob rau ob peb lub hlis dhau los, peb tau pom muaj kev cuam tshuam txog cov pov thawj ntawm kev sib raug zoo xov xwm platforms ua phem rau peb tsev neeg, peb cov zej zog, thiab peb txoj kev ywj pheej," Senator Klobuchar tau hais hauv nqe lus sib koom.
Edelson pom zoo, hais tias, "qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws rau kev tshawb fawb txog kev tawm tsam hauv online yog qhov tsis muaj ntaub ntawv." Nws ntseeg tias daim nqi yuav pab kho qhov tsis raug no los ntawm kev nkag mus rau "ntau chav kawm ntawm cov ntaub ntawv uas yog pej xeem, tab sis siv tsis tau."
Piv txwv li, nws taw qhia rau cov ntaub ntawv tshaj tawm, thiab kev koom tes siab rau pej xeem cov ntaub ntawv ntawm lub platforms, uas nws tau hais tias yog kev tshaj lij rau pej xeem tab sis tsis muaj kev siv vim tsis muaj cov txheej txheem rau rho tawm cov ntaub ntawv thiab ua rau nws rau kev tshawb fawb. Lub hom phiaj, uas hauv nws lub tswv yim, yog qhov cuam tshuam tiag tiag rau kev nkag siab tias cov ntsiab lus tsis zoo kis mus li cas.
Secret Algorithms
Daim nqi qhia tias cov kev tshaj xov xwm hauv zej zog yuav tsum ua raws li kev thov rau cov ntaub ntawv ib zaug pom zoo los ntawm NSF. Kev tsis ua raws cai yuav ua rau lub tuam txhab poob qhov kev tiv thaiv uas muab qhov chaw raug cai, nyab xeeb rau kev sib raug zoo xov xwm platforms thiab pab kom lawv nyob deb ntawm cov ntsiab lus tshaj tawm hauv lub platform.
"Kev tshaj xov xwm tau txuas nrog lub ntiaj teb hauv txoj hauv kev uas nyuaj rau kev xav tsuas yog kaum xyoo dhau los, tab sis ob peb xyoos dhau los kuj tau ua kom pom tseeb qhov kev lag luam uas tuaj nrog qhov ntawd," sau tseg Senator Coons hauv nqe lus sib koom.
Coons yog hais txog kev nce siab hauv kev hais lus ntxub ntxaug, xov xwm cuav, thiab muaj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev nyuaj siab, kev kho siab, thiab kev ua phem rau tus kheej, uas cov kws tshawb fawb tau koom nrog kev sib raug zoo ntev ntev, yam tsis muaj pov thawj ntau ntxiv vim tsis muaj ntaub ntawv, uas yog ib yam uas nws vam tias PATA yuav tuaj yeem kho tau los ntawm kev muab cov neeg tshawb xyuas nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv los txuas cov dots.
Edelson, uas kawm txog kev sib txuas lus hauv online, muaj, yav dhau los, tau txwv nws txoj haujlwm los ntawm Facebook. PATA, yog tias thiab thaum nws tau kos npe rau hauv txoj cai lij choj, yuav ua raws li cov kev tshawb fawb uas nws tau koom nrog.
"Tam sim no, cov tuam txhab kev sib raug zoo yog lub thawv dub zoo. Lawv cov ntsiab lus txhawb nqa cov txheej txheem muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau peb lub neej, tab sis peb yeej tsis muaj txoj hauv kev los tshuaj xyuas lawv thiab pom lawv coj li cas. Qhov no [PATA] yuav kho qhov ntawd, "ntseeg Edelson.
