The TikTok student absolutely needs to do better. Invited for the first time with Arcom (formerly CSA) to detail its measures to combat the manipulation of information on its service, a legal obligation for social platforms used by more than 5 million French people, the Chinese application returned, according to to the French regulatory authority, a copy “particularly vague”, “without tangible elements that allow to evaluate the invested funds” and no response “central issues” moderation.
“We are concerned because there is a very clear discrepancy between the answers to our questionnaire and the place that TikTok has taken with young people. Status quo is not possible. Great success requires commitment”, directed by Arcom College Fellow Benoit Luttrell. 9.3 million French people use TikTok every day.
Arcom president Roch-Olivier Maistre points out that TikTok is not a signatory to the Statute for the Protection of the Image of Minors Online, which was ratified on Monday. “What is symptomatic?” Arcom also notes that while TikTok reports content published by state media on its platform, it does not do so for China’s public television…
Arcom can do more than turn up the volume. The 2018 law against manipulation of information, known as the “fake news law”, does not give him the power to impose sanctions. The authority emphasizes that the text allowed “Establish a rich and demanding dialogue with platforms (Meta, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Snap Inc., Pinterest, etc.) and their US parent companies.”, which made relations more fluid during the Covid crisis or presidential elections. Arcom also welcomes improvements to questionnaire responses for certain platforms, particularly Meta or Snap. “We also measure the limits of the law”, emphasizes Roche-Olivier Maistre. In addition to the lack of sanctions, Lucille Petit, director responsible for the platforms, lists “lack of transparency” On measures to moderate misleading content in France or “policy opacity to reduce the visibility of content deemed to be of low quality”.
Ambitious setting
Twitter’s stock turnover and the departure of three-quarters of its employees illustrate these problems vividly. The social network responded Thursday to Arcom’s urgent request for information on the funds allocated to its moderation duties since the arrival of Elon Musk. But “It’s an answer that leaves us hungry, says Roch-Olivier Maistre. We will continue the dialogue with more specific issues.”
Arcom is pinning its hopes on the European Digital Services Act, a more ambitious regulation that just came into force. The biggest platforms will be governed by the European Commission, but the French regulator reminds the importance of the national level. “Only a close dialogue between government institutions, civil society and the academic world will allow effective and appropriate regulation.”, emphasizes Benoit Lautrell. Arcom is the candidate as the French coordinator for the implementation of this text.
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Source: Le Figaro
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