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1 option. That's all EU law asks of the largest platforms when it comes to a feed that d …

Stephan Bergmann · Founder of hashID ·

1 option. That's all EU law asks of the largest platforms when it comes to a feed that doesn't profile you. Monday's tunnel stays the default. The exit becomes a setting.

Article 38 of the Digital Services Act: very large online platforms must offer, for each recommender system, at least one option that is not based on profiling.

One. Per system. As an option.

The law does its job here — it created a right that didn't exist before. But a right you have to go looking for is a different thing from a default you'd have to opt out of.

Moderation is probability. Architecture is a decision. And the default is the loudest decision anyone makes.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Article 38

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