(Characters of the Two Sessions) Representatives will "start from life": how to manage data abuse and algorithm discrimination?

  China News Service, Fuzhou, March 3rd, question: The delegates will "start from life": how to manage data abuse and algorithm discrimination?

  Reporter Long Min

  On the Internet, as long as you click and read, similar content will continue to be pushed; when shopping online, as long as you want to buy, relevant promotional information will continue to pour in... Pan Yue, deputy to the National People's Congress and professor of the Department of Finance, School of Economics, Xiamen University, on the 3rd In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, he said that in the era of big data, algorithm technology is widely used in various terminals, and it can always do what it likes to provide users with a personalized and convenient experience; but at the same time, it also exposes a large amount of public personal information to the Internet. superior.

  Where are the boundaries of algorithms using personal information?

Will the platform use technical means to carry out concealed unfair competition?

How to implement relevant laws and regulations in the rapidly developing digital economy and achieve effective supervision?

Pan Yue has been paying attention to these issues.

  Since serving as a deputy to the National People's Congress, Pan Yue has put forward many suggestions, "starting from life" is her starting point.

  Noticing the situation of Internet financial cases two years ago, she suggested at the meeting to prevent Internet financial risks "before, during and after the event".

This year, Pan Yue suggested to speed up the construction of a digital economy governance and supervision system to fully unleash the new vitality of the digital economy and promote high-quality economic and social development.

  "This year's suggestion comes from a business trip." Pan Yue, who lives in Xiamen, has never paid attention to heating equipment, but when he was on a business trip, the weather was too cold, and he chatted with his colleagues about floor heating. That night, a floor heating advertisement appeared on her mobile phone. " It surprised me a lot, and I think a lot of people have the same experience."

  Pan Yue believes that if various platforms use the technical means of big data analysis to conduct algorithmic collusion and algorithm manipulation, once monopoly and unfair competition are formed, it will be very hidden and difficult to be discovered, and it will be difficult for users to obtain evidence and protect their rights.

  "The leakage of personal information caused by the lack of algorithm management seems to be a personal problem, but it is actually one of the derivative problems in the rapid development of the digital economy. If supervision is not increased in time, it will affect the sustainable development of China's digital economy." Pan Yue said.

  At present, China's digital economy is booming, and its driving effect on the economy is becoming more and more prominent.

Pan Yue also admitted that the current risks of data abuse and algorithm discrimination that lead to the disorderly development of the digital economy will in the long run weaken the innovation momentum of the industry, and ultimately damage the interests of consumers and slow down economic development.

  The Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Platform Economy, the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law have been successively promulgated, laying an important legal foundation for the anti-monopoly supervision of the digital economy and the construction of data security governance.

Pan Yue believes that the specific supervision still needs to be refined and the system needs to be improved; the legal norms for the identification of Internet companies' monopoly, data collection and use management, data compliance sharing, consumer rights protection and other aspects need to be improved as soon as possible.

  "The development of the digital economy has brought great challenges to traditional laws and regulations, administrative supervision and law enforcement. It is difficult for traditional supervision methods to identify and judge hidden violations of laws and regulations on Internet platforms." Pan Yue pointed out that in this case It is necessary to actively adopt modern scientific and technological means, relying on the new generation of information technology such as blockchain and big data to strengthen the level of supervision and escort the vigorous development of China's digital economy.

  She proposed to speed up the legislation of the digital economy and improve relevant laws and regulations; cross-regional, cross-level and cross-departmental cooperation in law enforcement, to form an efficient and orderly long-term working mechanism for digital economy supervision, to break down regulatory barriers, and to promote the collection, sharing and utilization of regulatory data; Advanced scientific and technological means to improve the level and efficiency of digital economy supervision.

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