The Business and Human Rights Centre invited the Chamber of Progress to respond to the publication "Addicted to the algorithm: How Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media" by Corporate Europe Observatory. Chamber of Progress responded.

Kay Jebelli, Chamber of Progress Senior Director for Europe:

“Chamber of Progress is a center-left tech policy coalition promoting technology’s progressive future. We work to ensure that everyone benefits from technological leaps, and that the tech industry operates responsibly and fairly.

“Importantly, our corporate partners do not have a vote on or veto over our positions. We do not speak for individual partner companies and remain true to our stated principles even when our partners disagree.

“As described in the blogpost that CEO cites, Europe’s foreshadowed Digital Fairness Act would add regulation to areas already covered by existing rules like the Digital Services Act, GDPR, and consumer protection laws. This lack of a regulatory gap was identified by the European Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board in its Fitness Check. Recent DSA enforcement actions targeting “addictive design” (against TikTok and Shein) further confirm that the EC already has existing powers in this space. European citizens have a right to be aware of regulatory overlaps that new proposals represent, and that might undermine European competitiveness at this critical time.”