This man had his credit score changed from C to A+ after a few emails | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key A 52-year-old man in Hanover, Germany, discovered that he’d been erroneously scored...
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Carbon emissions: straight back to bad habits? – EDJ News
On the subject of climate, a swallow has never made a summer. But still, never in living memory have we...
Finland: How to unionize when your boss is an algorithm and you’re self-employed | AlgorithmWatch
By Aleksi Knuutila This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....
Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin – EDJ News
Sarah is a food entrepreneur in a large European city (the name was changed). The company she created helps women...
Automated moderation tool from Google rates People of Color and gays as “toxic” | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key A systematic review of Google’s Perspective, a tool for automated content moderation,...
Estonia: A city is automating homes to reduce energy consumption | AlgorithmWatch
By Gerda Kelly Pill This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this...
Ten years on, search auto-complete still suggests slander and disinformation | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • kayser-bril@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key After a decade and a string of legal actions, an AlgorithmWatch experiment...
Much progress to be made on gender equality and climate action – EDJ News
Sustainable development is still far from being a reality, when it comes to women’s rights and climate in Europe. The...
Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin | AlgorithmWatch
By Judith Duportail, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Kira Schacht and Édouard Richard, in partnership with the European Data Journalism Network. An exclusive...
Can AI mitigate the climate crisis? Not really | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • kayser-bril@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to...
Air France’s promise to nix domestic flights: Not good enough for the environment – EDJ News
Announced as a quid pro quo for the €7 billion granted by the French state, Air France’s commitment involves “reducing flights on...
Portugal: Automated verification of prescriptions helped crack down on medical fraud | AlgorithmWatch
By Paula Simoes This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....