Under the #EU jurisdiction, every large online platform (#VLOP) or very large search engine (#VLOSE) needs to provide annual reports on risks associated with how their respective is designed, and works in practice.
Topics are, among others: preventing harms to fundamental rights and to election processes; gender-based violence.
It's been mandatory for three years now. The European Center for Not-for-profit Law (#ECNL) has analyzed those reports, and found recurring issues:
- Vague risk statements
- Insufficient attention to fundamental rights
- Irrelevant or missing data
- Limited stakeholder engagement
- Neglect of EU diversity
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