Some third-party cookies were still present, of course. But there was a decrease in third-party content loaded from social media platforms and from content recommendation widgets.
Here are a few in a new Canadian report: greater transparency requirements for digital news publishers, holding social media companies legally liable for the content on their platforms, and mandatory independent audits for platform algorithms.
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Schmidt, Christine. "Major internet companies might want to push their own point of view, but can they also take care of misinformation please and thank you." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Aug. 2018. Web. 10 Sep. 2024.
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Schmidt, C. (2018, Aug. 15). Major internet companies might want to push their own point of view, but can they also take care of misinformation please and thank you. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/major-internet-companies-might-want-to-push-their-own-point-of-view-but-can-they-also-take-care-of-misinformation-please-and-thank-you/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Major internet companies might want to push their own point of view, but can they also take care of misinformation please and thank you." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 15, 2018. Accessed September 10, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/major-internet-companies-might-want-to-push-their-own-point-of-view-but-can-they-also-take-care-of-misinformation-please-and-thank-you/.
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