The Polish Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has deployed an algorithm that profiles unemployed citizens and categorizes them according to types of welfare assistance
Amazon’s recently upgraded its Prime service with an option called Prime Free Same Day Delivery that allows customers in certain areas to receive select products
Women, among other marginalized communities, often have difficulties finding work due to inherent algorithmic biases (Bharoocha 2019). A brief overview of Uber’s technical workforce illustrates
Facebook has been criticized for “commercially exploiting sensitive personal data for advertising purposes through the so-called ad preferences that reveal potential interests of Facebook users”
In March 2016, Microsoft developed an algorithm chatbot called “Tay”’ that was created to seem like a teenage girl. The algorithm was designed to learn
The Boston Police Department has implemented an algorithmic monitoring tool developed by Geofeedia (a social media intelligence platform) for detecting potential threats on social media.
Google’s search algorithm has exacted serious harm on minority groups. The search engine has been found guilty of featuring an auto-fill query “are Jews evil”
The information economy has created a market for the buying and selling of all types of data between all kinds of actors. Authors O’Carrol and
In hopes to strengthen border security, President Trump has called for the United State’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement a new Extreme Vetting
Juan Carlos Pereira Kohatsu, a 24-year-old data scientist, developed an algorithm that detects hate levels across Twitter. The Spanish National Bureau for the Fight against
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