Today,
European centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT)
it will be officially opened by the Joint research centre
of the commission in seville. The opening will be marked with an event that will be transmitted here
.
The event brought together representatives of the eu institutions, academia, civil society and industry to discuss the main challenges and the social importance of monitoring how they use the systems algorítmicos. After a video message from the commissioner on the internal market, Thierry Breton, the public be immersed in the current and anticipated ECAT, including of a sample of their potential through demonstrations.
The role of ECAT under the law of digital services
The
Digital services act
imposes requirements of management of risks for companies designated by the european commission and online Platforms and search engines online very great. Under this framework, designated platforms should identify, analyse and mitigate a wide range of systemic risks in their platforms, ranging from how illegal content and misinformation can be scaled up through its services to the impact on freedom of expression or freedom of media. Similarly, they must be assessed and mitigate the specific risks on gender-based violence in line and the protection of minors online and mental health. The plans of risk assessment of the platforms and search engines appointed shall be subject to an independent audit and oversight by the european commission.
ECAT will provide the committee on scientific and technical expertise to ensure that algorítmicos systems used by online platforms very large and search engines online very large meet the requirements of risk management, mitigation and transparency in the DSA. This includes, among other tasks, the implementation of technical analyses and assessments of algorithms. An interdisciplinary team of scientists, experts in artificial intelligence, scientists, social and legal experts will combine its experience of its performance and propose best practices for mitigating their impact. This will be crucial to ensure the thorough analysis of reports of transparency and risk-assessment checklist submitted by designated corporations, and to carry out inspections to their systems where required by the commission.
This mission could not be achieved without adequate research capacity and prospective, which are inherent to the approach of ECAT. The JRC researchers will further advance and in its long experience in the field of Artificial intelligence (IA), which has already been instrumental in the preparation of other important rules on the law of the IA,
Plan
Coordinated on IA
and its revision of 2021. ECAT Investigators not only focus on identifying and addressing systemic risks arising from online platforms very large and search engines online very great, but will also be investigated by the social impact in the long-term algorithms.
The fund and information of interest
On 15 december 2020, the commission presented the
proposal
on the DSA together with the proposal on the law of Digital Markets (DMA) as a comprehensive framework to ensure a more secure digital space and fair to everyone Following the. political agreement
reached by the co-legislators of the eu in april 2002, entered into force on DSA
on 16 november 2002. The deadline for platforms and search engines placed the number of users monthly assets was on 17 february 2023. The commission is now in process of analysing publications with a view to appointing online Platforms and online very major Search engines, which will have four months after the appointment to fulfil all obligations of the DSA and, in particular, to present its first assessment of risks. From 17 february 2024, DSA will apply to all brokering activities; services for the same date, member states should appoint focal points of digital services.
DSA applies to all digital services that connect consumers with goods, services or contents. Create new obligations for that comprehensive online platforms and reduce damage control risks online, enter strong protections for the rights of users online and places for digital platforms under a new atmosphere of transparency and accountability. Designed as a whole Single, uniform rules for the eu, these rules will provide users with new protections and legal certainty to businesses throughout the single market. The DSA is a box of regulatory tools Unique worldwide and establishes an international benchmark for a regulatory approach to online intermediaries.
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