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Editorial independence in an automated media system external link

Internet Policy Review, vol. 10, num: 3, 2021

Abstract

The media has increasingly grown to rely on automated decision-making to produce and distribute news. This trend challenges our understanding of editorial independence by transforming the role of human editorial judgment and creating new dependencies on external software and data providers, engineers, and platforms. Recent policy initiatives such as the EU’s Media Action Plan and Digital Services Act are now beginning to revisit the way law can enable the media to act independently in the context of new technological tools and actors. Fully understanding and addressing the challenges automation poses to editorial independence, however, first requires better normative insight into the functions editorial independence performs in European media policy. This article provides a normative framework of editorial independence’s functions in European media policy and uses it to explore the new challenges posed by the automation of editorial decision-making.

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automated decision making, frontpage, Mediarecht, onafhankelijkheid

Bibtex

Article{nokey,
	title = {Editorial independence in an automated media system},
	author = {Drunen, M. van},
	url = {https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/editorial-independence-automated-media-system},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.3.1569},
	year = {0913},
	date = {2021-09-13},
	journal = {Internet Policy Review},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	pages = {},
	abstract = {The media has increasingly grown to rely on automated decision-making to produce and distribute news. This trend challenges our understanding of editorial independence by transforming the role of human editorial judgment and creating new dependencies on external software and data providers, engineers, and platforms. Recent policy initiatives such as the EU’s Media Action Plan and Digital Services Act are now beginning to revisit the way law can enable the media to act independently in the context of new technological tools and actors. Fully understanding and addressing the challenges automation poses to editorial independence, however, first requires better normative insight into the functions editorial independence performs in European media policy. This article provides a normative framework of editorial independence’s functions in European media policy and uses it to explore the new challenges posed by the automation of editorial decision-making.},
	keywords = {automated decision making, frontpage, Mediarecht, onafhankelijkheid},
}

The independence of media regulatory authorities in Europe external link

Irion, K., Delinavelli, G., Coutinho, M.F., Fahy, R., Jusić, T., Klimkiewicz, B., Llorens, C., Rozgonyi, K., Svensson, S., Kersevan Smokvina, T. & Til, G. van

2019

Bibtex

Report{Irion2019b,
	title = {The independence of media regulatory authorities in Europe},
	author = {Irion, K. and Delinavelli, G. and Coutinho, M.F. and Fahy, R. and Jusić, T. and Klimkiewicz, B. and Llorens, C. and Rozgonyi, K. and Svensson, S. and Kersevan Smokvina, T. and Til, G. van},
	url = {https://rm.coe.int/the-independence-of-media-regulatory-authorities-in-europe/168097e504},
	year = {1001},
	date = {2019-10-01},
	keywords = {Europe, frontpage, Mediarecht, onafhankelijkheid, toezichthouders},
}

Standards for Independent Oversight: The European Perspective external link

van Eijk, N.

Bulk Collection: Systematic Government Access to Private-Sector Data, 0914, pp: 381-393

Abstract

There are many ways to approach the question of government access to private-sector data. Much of the recent public debate has focused on access in the context of national security and traditional law enforcement, with respect to both targeted and untargeted access to data collected and processed by third parties. As more and more data is collected and stored by the private sector (“big data”), the amount of data that can be retrieved by governments is steadily increasing. A new “third domain” has emerged, where data is used for social security and tax surveillance and other types of non- traditional law enforcement. The Digital Rights Ireland case is the point of departure of this chapter. Next, two recent judgments by national courts are described, in which national data retention rules were tested against the ruling in the Digital Rights Ireland case and the necessity of independent oversight was discussed in further detail. This chapter draws from a recent study by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) to formulate standards for independent oversight. These standards are based on a broader analysis of the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice— including the Digital Rights Ireland case— and of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The analysis is also based on selected studies, reports, resolutions, and recommendations.

Bibtex

Chapter{vanEijk2017b,
	title = {Standards for Independent Oversight: The European Perspective},
	author = {van Eijk, N.},
	url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/Standards_for_Independent_Oversight.pdf},
	year = {0914},
	date = {2017-09-14},
	abstract = {There are many ways to approach the question of government access to private-sector data. Much of the recent public debate has focused on access in the context of national security and traditional law enforcement, with respect to both targeted and untargeted access to data collected and processed by third parties. As more and more data is collected and stored by the private sector (“big data”), the amount of data that can be retrieved by governments is steadily increasing. A new “third domain” has emerged, where data is used for social security and tax surveillance and other types of non- traditional law enforcement. The Digital Rights Ireland case is the point of departure of this chapter. Next, two recent judgments by national courts are described, in which national data retention rules were tested against the ruling in the Digital Rights Ireland case and the necessity of independent oversight was discussed in further detail. This chapter draws from a recent study by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) to formulate standards for independent oversight. These standards are based on a broader analysis of the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice— including the Digital Rights Ireland case— and of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The analysis is also based on selected studies, reports, resolutions, and recommendations.},
	keywords = {frontpage, onafhankelijkheid, Overheidsinformatie, standaardisering, veiligheidsdiensten},
}