High-Risk Citizens | AlgorithmWatch
By Ilja Braun A software is used for detecting potential benefit cheats in the Netherlands. The government keeps quiet about...
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Finnish Credit Score Ruling raises Questions about Discrimination and how to avoid it | AlgorithmWatch
In April 2018, the National Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal of Finland ruled that Svea Ekonomi AB must stop using a...
Sweden: Rogue algorithm stops welfare payments for up to 70,000 unemployed | AlgorithmWatch
By Tom Wills Automated decision-making has become a national talking point in Sweden, after a report by the country’s public...
Poland: Government to scrap controversial unemployment scoring system | AlgorithmWatch
By Jedrzej Niklas The Polish government has been forced to scrap a controversial scoring system for the unemployed after criticism by...
Bad data and health: Garbage in, carnage out | AlgorithmWatch
by Nicolas Kayser-Bril French investigative outlet Mediacités recently revealed how design failures in the user interface of software used in...
Spain: Legal fight over an algorithm’s code | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril Half a million Spaniards have been denied an electricity subsidy although they might be eligible. Non-profit Civio...
Defective computing: How algorithms use speech analysis to profile job candidates | AlgorithmWatch
By Veronika Thiel Some companies and scientists present Affective Computing, the algorithmic analysis of personality traits also known as “artificial...
Ethical guidelines issued by engineers’ organization fail to gain traction | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril Additional research: Veronika Thiel The world’s largest professional association of engineers released its ethical guidelines for automated...
Facebook enables automated scams, but fails to automate the fight against them | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key Scammers massively use Facebook’s advertising platform using so-called “cloakers” to evade automated...
Palantir, the secretive data behemoth linked to the Trump administration, expands into Europe | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG KeyAdditional research by Boris Kartheuser The data analysis company, known in particular for...
“Explainable AI” doesn’t work for online services – now there’s proof | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org New regulation, such as the GDPR, encourages the adoption of “explainable artificial intelligence.” Two researchers...
New Swiss algorithm to desegregate schools, one block at a time | AlgorithmWatch
Two researchers from Zurich University created an algorithm that helps desegregate schools by slightly changing the boundaries of each school’s...