Report Finds Big Tech, Transparency Reports , Fall Short.<br />'Fast Company' reports that Big Tech regularly <br />releases data meant to offer transparency into <br />how the world's largest platforms are being run.<br />This data often shares actions companies take <br />against inappropriate content and when they help <br />law enforcement at the request of governments. .<br />A new analysis by academics at the University of Zurich <br />and the University of Bern found that few tech companies <br />follow principles they have previously espoused.<br />It’s good to be well-informed about <br />what is happening. And right now, <br />it’s impossible in many aspects, <br />which I guess might lead to over- <br />and under-regulation of the platforms, Aleksandra Urman, University of Zurich, via 'Fast Company'.<br />I think it’s not entirely obvious <br />what Apple would be taking down. <br />But actually, Apple does moderate <br />its App Store, for example. <br />We just don’t know how, Aleksandra Urman, University of Zurich, via 'Fast Company'.<br />Similarly, the report found that Amazon moderates <br />what books are sold on its site, however the process <br />of deeming books inappropriate remains unknown.<br />The report also found that companies like Microsoft, LinkedIn and Twitch adhered to some of <br />the transparency guidelines but not all.<br />The report also found that companies like Microsoft, LinkedIn and Twitch adhered to some of <br />the transparency guidelines but not all.<br />Liam McLoughlin at the University of Liverpool suggests <br />that the findings of the report reinforces the idea that <br />transparency reports are closely related to public relations.<br />Liam McLoughlin at the University of Liverpool suggests <br />that the findings of the report reinforces the idea that <br />transparency reports are closely related to public relations.<br />Some might call me cynical <br />on this,but when we think of<br />transparency reports as primarily <br />a public relations mechanism, <br />it all makes sense, Liam McLoughlin, at the University of Liverpool, via 'Fast Company'
