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Alexander Hohlfeld

independent researcher

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2023
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Sept 2023

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2023

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  • PanoptykonSept 2023
    Cross-platform

    Fixing Recommender Systems: From Identification of Risk Factors to Meaningful Transparency and Mitigation

    Sets out six hypotheses on how recommender-system design choices (engagement-driven ranking, addictive features, data-driven personalisation) generate DSA Article 34 'systemic risks,' plus a technical checklist of disclosures VLOPs/VLOSEs should make to regulators, auditors and researchers.

    Algorithmic Harm & Recommender SystemsPlatform Compliance & GovernanceArt. 34/35 — Systemic risk

    By Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Dorota Głowacka, Alexander Hohlfeld, Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan, Hibaq Farah, Marc Faddoul and Tanya O'Carroll

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