the mozilla foundation behind the firefox browser has decided to act.ed a new extension for both chrome and firefox called regretsreporter. the idea is that the user can report any recommended content that they found unsavoury. mozilla says this helps crowdsource research into youtube's recommendation problem and it hopes it can force youtube to become more transparent about how its algorithm works. i think that youtube's algorithm is really one of the most opaque ones out of all of the platforms out there, which is why they have a lot more work to do. so youtube has come out with a lot of statistics like saying that they have increased — introduced policy changes that have worked to decrease recommendations of borderline content by upwards of 70%. but the problem is that there is really no way to verify whether or not this is the case without involving the public, without involving, you know, researchers, sociologists, people who have knowledge that goes beyond just the boardrooms of silicon valley. that together we are better able to solve this proble

the mozilla foundation behind the firefox browser has decided to act.ed a new extension for both chrome and firefox called regretsreporter. the idea is that the user can report any recommended content that they found unsavoury. mozilla says this helps crowdsource research into youtube's recommendation problem and it hopes it can force youtube to become more transparent about how its algorithm works. i think that youtube's algorithm is really one of the most opaque ones out of all of the platforms out there, which is why they have a lot more work to do. so youtube has come out with a lot of statistics like saying that they have increased — introduced policy changes that have worked to decrease recommendations of borderline content by upwards of 70%. but the problem is that there is really no way to verify whether or not this is the case without involving the public, without involving, you know, researchers, sociologists, people who have knowledge that goes beyond just the boardrooms of silicon valley. that together we are better able to solve this proble

for both chrome and firefox called regretsreporter.can report any recommended content they find unsavoury. mozilla says this helps crowdsource research into youtube's recommendation problem, and it hopes it can force youtube to become more transparent about how its algorithm works. i think that youtube's algorithm is really one of the most opaque ones out of all the platforms out there, which is why they have a lot more work to do. so youtube has come out with a lot of statistics like saying they have increased, introduced policy changes that work to decrease recommendations of borderline content by upwards of 70%. but the problem is that there is really no way to verify whether or not this is the case without involving the public, without involving researchers, sociologists, people who have knowledge that goes beyond just the boardrooms of silicon valley, that together we are better able to solve this problem of misinformation surfacing in recommendations. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. this week: us company walmart planned t

the mozilla foundation behind the firefox browser has decided to act.hat the user can report any recommended content that they found unsavoury. mozilla says this helps crowdsource research into youtube's recommendation problem and it hopes it can force youtube to become more transparent about how its algorithm works. i think that youtube's algorithm is really one of the most opaque ones out of all of the platforms out there, which is why they have a lot more work to do. so youtube has come out with a lot of statistics like saying that they have increased — introduced policy changes that have worked to decrease recommendations of borderline content by upwards of 70%. but the problem is that there is really no way to verify whether or not this is the case without involving the public, without involving, you know, researchers, sociologists, people who have knowledge that goes beyond just the boardrooms of silicon valley. that together we are better able to solve this problem of misinformation surfacing in recommendations. that was marianna spring, and that

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it's a level play it is field in safari, level playing field in firefox, none of this nonsense. when google is talking about doing that in brchrome,owse tha going to block other people's tr cookies, but there's still a chrome log-in, probably a map i, log-in, and the privacy policiei make clear they haven merged al this data, and there is no meaningful -- to use what would amount to a massive advantage on auctions in the chrome browser. do >>> do you want to answer that one as well? th is. >> yes.d warm-up things mentioned earliec by senator klobuchar was the pv increased concern about -- chrome competes heavily with safari, firefox, and brave is another one that's entered the marketplace. what do they s feature? they feature privacy. so google, in suit, has enableda privacy as a core feature of the chrome browser. it's being turned into an ing antitrust action. that's not what's happening her. with chrome.hat's the second is, why does it track you?ith well, because that way it can better optimize my results. o that's something i can opt out of and deactivate and go incognito. w

it's going to be a level playing field in safari, in firefox.ne of this nonsense of bringing data you've collected from god knows where into our browser. google is going to maintain the ability to track. they're going to block other people's cookies, but there's a still chrome log in, maps log in, android log in, and privacy policies made clear they merged all the data into super profiles and there's no meaningful barrier to them using all that data to have what would amount to a massive, massive advantage on options in the chrome browser. >> mr. sabo, do you want to answer that one as well? >> yes, one of the things that was mentioned earlier by senator klobuchar is the increased concern about privacy. chrome is a browser that competes heavily with safari. brave is a new one that has entered the marketplace. and what does safari, mozilla, and brave feature? they feature privacy. so, google, in suit, because it's a competitive environment on chrome, has enabled privacy as a core feature of its browser. now, that's being turned into a antitrust a

the mozilla foundation behind the firefox browser has decided to act.es out of all of the platforms out there, which is why they have a lot more work to do. so youtube has come out with a lot of statistics like saying that they have increased — introduced policy changes that have worked to decrease recommendations of borderline content by upwards of 70%. but the problem is that there is really no way to verify whether or not this is the case without involving the public, without involving, you know, researchers, sociologists, people who have knowledge that goes beyond just the boardrooms of silicon valley. that together we are better able to solve this problem of misinformation surfacing in recommendations. that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click. the full—length version is, as ever, waiting for you on iplayer, right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she's already gone and left her virt

the rule is already in effect for the firefox browsers.can you tell me what you know about this and how it might affect digital ads and whether you think this is equivalent? >> thank you, senator that is a great question. the answer is it's not the same. it's an example of how it's organizing privacy regulations and they are supposed to protect consumers. our privacy laws say if you are doing business with a company, they can use the data for advertising that's why the bank is always sending creditt card offers and if you don't like it you could not work at the bank. another bank you could opt out of that they could handle someone using the data you gave them to do business with them in a completely different context and then they are using it off the current silicate handle this problem it's going to be a level playing field none of this nonsense bringing the data to interactions inev the browser so when they talk about doing that, they are going to maintain the ability to track and block other people they've merged data and there is no b