Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Session 2: Industry Perspective
Mr. Marco Pancini:
I respectfully disagree with that statement. It is very different when we look at content like music in that what the Deputy has seen before, other people have seen the same music and liked it.
When we look at the news, the only element that is really important in making sure that we are doing a good job in providing a recommendation to the user is if the source is authoritative. That is why we want to work for news and political speech with authoritative sources that can help us to ensure that the 80% of the result that the user finds on the platform comes from authoritative sources. It is not engagement that counts as news.
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