Peers will read about the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) and how fairness and acceptance as truth have replaced the data industry.
The House of Lords Digital and Communications Committee on Thursday announced the long series of data in the UK: an inquiry into fairness, acceptance as true and technology.
Committee chairwoman and conservative peer Baroness Stowell said: “News providers are facing a challenging future: new technologies, disruption to business models, declining trust and growing concerns around impartiality all add up to a highly complex and difficult problem.
“Accurate, independent and financially sustainable data will have to remain a key detail of our democratic society.
“We are going to see how to achieve this at a time when traditional news providers are wasting the acceptance and support of certain audiences, who are increasingly questioning their accuracy, impartiality and value. “
Ahead of the expected 2024 general election there have been “concerns about online disinformation”, Baroness Stowell added.
But he added that this doesn’t mean that reviews “that differ from those that have historically exerted force on what is seen, heard and reported” are marginalized.
Baroness Stowell added: “The news industry will need to approach this challenge with caution so that all audiences have confidence; This is not a challenge that can be solved simply by introducing more or other regulations.
“Our research will hear from a wide diversity of perspectives as we address those complex and important questions. “
The committee has asked for written evidence about the impact of technology platforms, online news aggregators and generative AI tools, how impartial reporting has changed and how news organisations tackle disinformation.
It also asks for answers to the question of what the Government should be doing to address the above and if current regulation is enough.
The deadline to submit is Feb. 12.
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