Roskomnadzor warned about the risks of political polarization and disinformation by referral services

The uncontrolled development of recommendation services can lead to the political polarization of society, the promotion of fake news and “hate rhetoric”, according to an analytical note prepared by a subordinate agency of Roskomnadzor – FSUE “Main Radio Frequency Center” (GRFC). “Vedomosti” got acquainted with this text, its authenticity was confirmed by the representative of the GRCHTS.

Now, in one form or another, recommendation services are used by all the largest Internet companies in Russia. The main developers are Yandex or VK. Such services analyze the user’s digital footprint and offer an individual set of content, advertising or goods for each.