Following the hearing in the European Parliament "Whistleblower's testimony on the negative impact of big tech companies’ products on users”, press point with Facebook Whistleblower Frances HAUGEN, together with the rapporteur on the Digital Services Act Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK).

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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SCHALDEMOSE, Christel (S&D, DK)

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Press point by Frances HAUGEN, Facebook Whistleblower and by Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK), Digital Services Act rapporteur on negative impact of big tech companies’ products on users

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SOUNDBITE (English), Frances HAUGEN, Facebook Whistleblower, Speech praising the role that the EU is taking in pushing forward dialogues and regulations concerning the safety and wellbeing of online audiences via content neutral solutions.

SOUNDBITE (English), Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&amp;D, DK), Speech stressing the importance of Frances HAUGEN testimony as it will be used as a point of reference for the upcoming Digital Service Act.

Question regarding how the Digital Service Act will be influenced by the testimony of Frances HAUGEN. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&amp;D, DK), Answers explaining how the testimony of Frances HAUGEN helped to look at the negative impact of big tech companies' products on users in a different way. Furthermore, it will also help to start a debate on how fare the Digital Service Act needs to go in terms of liability.

Question regarding recomendation system and the trasparency of algorithms.

SOUNDBITE (English), Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&amp;D, DK), Answer highlighting how the Parliament is working to find the right balance on the level of regulation that will be applied to both the recomendation systems and the propretary algorithms that run platforms such as Facebook. Nontheless, things need to change as more transparency and accountability from tech companies is required in order to protect the safety and wellbeing of online audiences.