The OP mentioned: "This provision requires large online platforms to provide researchers with immediate access to publicly available data on their platforms in order to assess systemic risks"
> So if I run a large online shop I need to provide an API so anyone can download all of my product descriptions and prices?
> If I publish an online magazine, I need to provide an API so anyone can download all the content I produce?
How is your online shop a "systemic risk" ? Moreover "large online platforms" is a clearly defined term... not your usual website
So please: keep cool... We, Europeans, are not always stupid bureaucracy lovers. Sometimes we also have good ideas to try to preserve our shared freedom and rights and democracy :-)
At first pass this comment sounds like a critique a “cynical and lazy” internet commentator wrote under willful ignorance of facts like the underlying law only applying to platforms with 45 million monthly active users in the EU.
When you come across something that makes it seem like everyone else has lost their mind, a 30 second Google search might help.
The OP mentioned: "This provision requires large online platforms to provide researchers with immediate access to publicly available data on their platforms in order to assess systemic risks"
> So if I run a large online shop I need to provide an API so anyone can download all of my product descriptions and prices?
> If I publish an online magazine, I need to provide an API so anyone can download all the content I produce?
How is your online shop a "systemic risk" ? Moreover "large online platforms" is a clearly defined term... not your usual website
So please: keep cool... We, Europeans, are not always stupid bureaucracy lovers. Sometimes we also have good ideas to try to preserve our shared freedom and rights and democracy :-)
At first pass this comment sounds like a critique a “cynical and lazy” internet commentator wrote under willful ignorance of facts like the underlying law only applying to platforms with 45 million monthly active users in the EU.
When you come across something that makes it seem like everyone else has lost their mind, a 30 second Google search might help.