Dr. Eileen Culloty:

When it comes to algorithms, we need to emphasise there is a big difference between platforms providing transparency and there being accountability for what they are doing. The platforms often talk about transparency and provide transparency reports but when we are talking about something as complicated as algorithms, transparency means very little, definitely for most members of the public. What accountability requires is, first, that people with expertise are able to ask the right questions of the platforms and, hopefully, this will be within the commission itself. It also requires that the platforms share sufficient data to allow independent oversight of what they are doing. That second part has been a huge gap where the platforms have not provided any kind of data that would allow us to understand what actions they are actually taking. Dr. Milosevic might have something to add in regard to content moderation.