ALGORITHMS IN THE ACTIVITY OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Author
, PhD in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology, Kharkiv

In heading

 Law;

Signed print

 07.09.2023

Issues number

 2023-№3 (54)

Page

 93-104

Type of articles

 Scientific article

Code UDK

 340.12:004.77.021

ISSN print

 2411-5584

Abstract

 The article examines the impact of algorithms in the activity of digital platforms on European fundamental values, which are fully or partially shared by people and communities in the European legal order and legal orders of national legal systems. Certain serious consequences for human rights, the rule of law and democracy are indicated in the article. Implications that are manifested in the activity of digital platforms are suggested as key, and the focus is being made on algorithmic governing, censorship and the absence of preventive mechanisms and proper balancing of rights and values in cases of emergency or conflict.

Keywords

 digital platforms, online platforms, algorithms, algorithmic governing, European fundamental values, digital era, legal order.

Reviewer

External reviewer

Article in PDF

 93-104

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Code DOI

 https://doi.org/10.31359/2411-5584-2023-54-3-93

07.09.2023