Dutch court orders Meta to change its Facebook and Instagram timelines

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A court in the Netherlands has ordered Meta to change Facebook and Instagram's timelines, after finding that the element ran afoul of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). As reported by Reuters, the Dutch court said that the company needs to provide users with simpler options — namely ones that don't rely on an algorithm.

"People in the Netherlands are not sufficiently able to make free and autonomous choices about the use of profiled recommendation systems," the court said in its decision. It ruled that the timeline must honor a user's choice of chronological order or other non-profiled options, instead of reverting to the algorithm-driven version whenever a user closes and reopens either app.

The case was brought by Bits of Freedom, a Dutch digital rights group. "It is unacceptable that a few American...

Source: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/dutch-court-orders-meta-to-change-its-facebook-and-instagram-timelines-185106583.html?src=rss

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