Gabriel Attal: Require transparency of social media algorithms to allow researchers to study them
Proposal put forward by Gabriel Attal on August 25, 2026. Topic: Rights, Freedoms and Disinformation. The observatory also publishes quotes from 10 other public figures on this topic.
He instead advocates transparency of their algorithms so that researchers can establish whether they artificially steer the content offered to users.
Original quote (French)
Il défend plutôt la transparence de leurs algorithmes afin que des chercheurs puissent établir s’ils orientent artificiellement les contenus proposés aux utilisateurs.Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Antoine Mikolajczak: Require digital platforms to prove the absence of addictive mechanisms before any launch
- Bruno Retailleau: Ban any administrative refusal based solely on the output of an automated system
- Dominique de Villepin: Law on the transparency of algorithmic systems and a ban on infinite scrolling for minors
- Emmanuel Maurel: Regulating, or even banning, addictive social media algorithms
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Strengthening the CNIL's resources to ensure the application of the GDPR's security requirements
- Juan Branco: Impose transparency of social network algorithms
- Marine Tondelier: Adopt European legislation (AI Act II) establishing a right to opt out of AI in software
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Ban biases and filters introduced into AI by service providers
- Olivier Becht: Create a constitutional High Authority for transparency and privacy, formed by merging the CNIL, the HATVP and the CADA
- Raphaël Glucksmann: Imposing Rules by Design Against Addictive Social Media Algorithms
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