MEPs call on EU to investigate if social media algorithms are being used 'to glorify' dangerous driving

Letter written by Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher and co-signed by 29 other MEPs highlights the recent spate of wrong-way driving on Ireland’s motorways, particularly highlighting the M9 crash which saw five teenagers killed

'We are writing to express our grave concern about social media content that glorifies dangerous and illegal driving, and the role of platform recommender systems in potentially amplifying and rewarding such behaviour,' the MEPs wrote.

The European Commission must investigate whether social media algorithms are being used to amplify videos of dangerous driving, a group of 30 MEPs has said.

MEPs have called for the commission to assess whether platforms have “adequately identified and mitigated the risk that their recommender systems may amplify, normalise, or reward such behaviour, particularly among minors”.