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👋 Bye bye X/Twitter! We have decided to pause our activities here. Our decision follows the continuous decline of the platform, which no longer serves as a public space where we as a civil society organization can contribute to a constructive discourse.
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AlgorithmWatch suspends activities on X, formally known as Twitter - AlgorithmWatch

Starting today, AlgorithmWatch ceases publication on X/Twitter. The decision follows the continuous and rapid disintegration of the social network since its new owner took over a year ago.

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1/9 ⚠️ AlgorithmWatch was forced to shut down its #Instagram monitoring project after threats from #Facebook ! 👉🏻 Read our story: ✍🏻 And sign our open letter to European lawmakers to protect future research on online platforms: 🧵
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the biggest Panic-creator of them all? Inspired by @DrTechlash , check out our Taxonomy of AI Panic Facilitators and those fighting against the fearmongering. Who have we forgotten to add? Let us know! ⬇️
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We spent the last 6 months investigating Instagram's algorithm, talking to professional content creators, reading through patents and analyzing the newsfeed of 26 donors who volunteered their data. Read our findings ⤵️
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BREAKING NEWS – and it's good news! 🎉 The @Europarl_EN leading committees have just voted on the #AIAct and have sent a strong signal against surveillance. Surveillance systems that are incompatible with human rights have no place in the EU. ✊
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‼️ OUT NOW: The #AutomatingSociety Report 2020 by @algorithmwatch & @algoethik , covering the current use of & policy debates around automated decision-making #ADM in 16 European countries & at #EU level. Read the PDF & explore the report on our website ⤵️
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Automating Society Report 2020

Life in the automated society: How automated decision-making systems became mainstream, and what to do about it. Introduction of the Automating Society Report by AlgorithmWatch and Bertelsmann...

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A new experiment by AlgorithmWatch shows that Google Translate systematically changes the gender of translations when they do not fit with stereotypes. Google says it's because translations between non-English languages pivot over English.
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The #COVID19 pandemic has spurred the deployment of a plethora of automated decision-making (ADM) systems all over Europe. The NEW REPORT by @algorithmwatch and @algoethik gathers detailed examples of #ADM -based responses from 16 European countries. 1/3
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#Facebook , and possibly #Google , "optimize" ad delivery in discriminatory ways, even when advertisers do not target. This could be in breach of the law. Read the story by @nicolaskb – available in English and German ⤵️
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We're very excited to release the new version of our ' #AIEthics Guidelines Global Inventory'! We designed a new interface, which includes a faceted search feature, to browse through the 160 (and counting!) #EthicsGuidelines . (1/3)
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AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory by AlgorithmWatch

AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory, a project by AlgorithmWatch that maps frameworks that seek to set out principles of how systems for automated decision-making (ADM) can be developed and...

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Breaking news we are not surprised by: @OpenAI and Sam Altman are investing heavily into lobbying the most comprehensive AI legislation in the world, the EU's #AIAct — to influence the Act in their company's interest, @TIME reports. ⬇️
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Exclusive: OpenAI Lobbied E.U. to Water Down AI Regulation

In public, OpenAI is calling for stronger AI guardrails. But documents show the company lobbied to weaken EU regulation

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Austria's employment agency is rolling out a sorting algorithm that gives lower points to women and the disabled, in the name of efficiency. A textbook example of automated – and possibly illegal – discrimination.
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Austria’s employment agency rolls out discriminatory algorithm, sees no problem - AlgorithmWatch

AMS, Austria's employment agency, is about to roll out a sorting algorithm that gives lower scores to women and to the disabled. It is very likely illegal under current anti-discrimination law.

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A coalition of 46 civil society orgs & academics joins @algorithmwatch & @epc_eu in calling for binding transparency rules for online platforms. Today we’re urging the @EU_Commission to put meaningful transparency at the heart of the #DSA . Full statement⤵️
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Putting Meaningful Transparency at the Heart of the Digital Services Act - AlgorithmWatch

A coalition of 46 civil society organizations and world-renowned academics join AlgorithmWatch and the European Policy Centre in calling for binding transparency rules for online platforms. In a...

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Italy has a problem with teachers. An #algorithm was supposed to save time by allocating teachers on short-term contracts to schools automatically. Failures in the code and design severely disrupted teachers’ lives, reports our fellow @PierluigiBizz . ⤵️
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The algorithm that blew up Italy’s school system  - AlgorithmWatch

An algorithm was supposed to save time by allocating teachers on short-term contracts to schools automatically. Failures in the code and in the design severely disrupted teachers’ lives.

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2/9 ☝🏻 Our example shows that platforms continue to suppress public interest research – also in the EU. We call on European lawmakers to make sure the #DigitalServicesAct gives academics, journalists & civil society watchdog orgs access to platform data 👉🏻
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📺 Am 1. Juni im @ZDF und schon jetzt in der Mediathek: Die Doku "Programmierte Ungerechtigkeit" (29min) mit @KenzaAbbou @SandraWachter5 @ArmandZorn @IamJenMartens @KurvenrauschHH und @ProfThun + @annalena und @spielkamp von AlgorithmWatch. #DigitalEmpire
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Programmierte Ungerechtigkeit

Künstliche Intelligenz soll unser Leben effizienter machen, Neutralität gewährleisten. Aber was, wenn verborgene Codes die Welt noch unfairer machen?

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📢 Today, statues all over Germany & Switzerland are calling for a ban on facial recognition. They refuse to smile for the surveillance camera, because they know it threatens our civil rights. ✊🏼 Join their call #dontsmile #ReclaimYourFace
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📢 Don't smile for the camera! Heute streiken in vielen Städten Statuen gegen #biometrische #Gesichtserkennung . Wir brauchen ein Verbot in der 🇪🇺, damit die Tüte nicht die Lösung bleibt. Jetzt unterzeichnen! #dontsmile #ReclaimYourFace
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Unsere Beweggründe für #openschufa : "Der Einsatz und die Folgen automatisierter Verfahren und Algorithmen im Alltag sind keine Digital-, Technik- oder „Netzthemen“. Es geht hier um Gerechtigkeit, Teilhabemöglichkeiten und das Gemeinwohl.“
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OpenSCHUFA – warum wir diese Kampagne machen - AlgorithmWatch

Die SCHUFA ist eins der bekanntesten, einflussreichsten und umstrittensten Unternehmen Deutschlands. Das liegt daran, dass das Ergebnis ihrer Analysen – der so genannte SCHUFA-Score – darüber...

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We read the European Commission's white paper on AI published earlier today. Despite some positive proposals, the 26-page document fails to provide the necessary safeguards for automated systems
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EU Commission publishes white paper on AI regulation 20 days before schedule, forgets regulation -...

In a set of documents published today, the European Commission unveiled its strategy for “Europe's digital future”. Despite some promising regulatory proposals, the Berlaymont’s program for automated...

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Automated decision-making has become a national talking point in Sweden, after A report by the country’s public broadcaster revealed thousands of unemployed people were wrongly denied benefits by a government computer run amok. @TomWills @akaka15 @jvelkova
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Sweden: Rogue algorithm stops welfare payments for up to 70,000 unemployed - AlgorithmWatch

Automated decision-making has become a national talking point in Sweden, after a it was revealed that thousands of unemployed people were wrongly denied benefits by a government computer run amok.

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Automatisierte Entscheidungssysteme seien objektiver, heißt es. Die Fakten beweisen aber, dass sie oft diskriminieren. In unserem offenen Brief fordern wir die Regierung auf, Lücken im AGG zu schließen & Menschen zuverlässig zu schützen! Jetzt lesen! ⬇️
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General Purpose #AI and #GenerativeAI are hot topics during the final #AIAct phase. With input from 20+ academics and experts, we & @nhelberger offer an actionable path forward for governing this technology so that we as humans are protected from harm. ⬇️
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The AI Act and General Purpose AI - AlgorithmWatch

Key Recommendations to inform EU's AI Act Negotiations regarding General Purpose AI

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🍾 Yesterday, the entire AlgorithmWatch team – including AW Switzerland and our new colleagues – came together in Berlin. Turns out we've had quite the growth spurt. 🌱 We had a great time and we look forward to everything ahead!
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"Wired to split: How @Meta 's algorithms affected the 2020 US presidential election” is how @ScienceMagazine titles its publication of a first round of studies on @facebook 's influence on public debate. They’re fascinating - but at the same time, their limitations are clear🧵👇
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A new special issue of Science investigates social media’s impact on elections through a pioneering collaboration between independent academics and Meta researchers. Learn more: #SocialMediaAndElections
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Breaking: @EU_Commission publishes list of VeryLargeOnlinePlatforms #VLOPS . They'll have to follow Digital Services Act’s #DSA strictest #transparency & #accountability rules. @elonmusk 's @Twitter should be on top of @ThierryBreton 's list to crack down on
The EU now has the means to rein in large platforms. It should start with Twitter. - AlgorithmWatch

The European Commission today announced the platforms that will have to comply with the strictest rules the Digital Services Act imposes on companies. Twitter has to be on top of its list in enforc...

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Dear @facebook : Do your part against disinformation. Today, we and over 30 organsiations signed @mozilla 's Open Letter to Facebook. We’re demanding they make good on their promise to combat disinformation before the 2019 EU elections. Read the letter:
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Fighting back against misinformation

A campaign to demand transparency and accountability from tech platforms in the fight against online misinformation.

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3/9 🔎 Only if we understand how our public sphere is influenced by platforms' #AlgorithmicChoices , can we take measures to ensure they do not undermine our autonomy and freedom, and the collective good. To do so, we need access to platform data!
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"This reading list is made for engineers, scientists, designers, policy makers and those interested in machine learning and AI. It’s an open ended document that examines machine learning as a sociotechnical system & contextualises its critical discourse“
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Toward ethical, transparent and fair AI/ML: a critical reading list

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📣 The Digital Services Act ( #DSA ) negotiations are now critical. In the name of 22 researchers and 27 CSOs, we sent an open letter ✉️ to members of the @EP_SingleMarket demanding they empower researchers working in the public interest: @Global_Witness
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Holding platforms accountable: The DSA must empower vetted public interest research to reign in...

The negotiations on the Digital Services Act (DSA) are now at a critical juncture. We have written an open letter to all IMCO Committee Members of the European Parliament asking them to empower a...

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Dear @EU_Commission , pls create #publicregisters for automated decision-making systems ( #ADMS ) used by public authorities & establish Europe-wide centers for expertise. This is what we jointly ask for w/ @accessnow in response to #EU ’s #AI White Paper 1/3
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Our response to the European Commission’s consultation on AI - AlgorithmWatch

Read our response to the European Commission's White Paper on Artificial Intelligence, submitted as part of the public consultation on AI.

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"Some US cities have passed bans on #facerecognition , but the controversial technology is spreading fast to almost all #police forces in Europe, our research shows." Report by @nicolaskb . Additional research by @marism87 @JoseMCalatayud & @EleChelioudakis
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At least 11 police forces use face recognition in the EU, AlgorithmWatch reveals - AlgorithmWatch

The majority of the police forces that answered questions by AlgorithmWatch said they use or plan to introduce face recognition. Use cases vary greatly across countries, but almost all have in common...

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Möglicherweise haben zahlreiche Berliner·innen einen späteren Corona-Impftermin erhalten – obwohl eigentlich deutlich früher Termine für sie frei gewesen wären. Das könnte an der vom Berliner Gesundheitssenat eingesetzten Terminvergabe-Software liegen.
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Impfen in Berlin: Riskante Terminvergabe-Software [Update] - AlgorithmWatch

Der Berliner Gesundheitssenat setzt zur Terminvergabe für Corona-Impfungen einen Dienst für Arztpraxen ein, der sich für Impfzentren mit tausenden Terminen am Tag offenbar nicht eignet. Möglicherwe...

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The data analysis company #Palantir , known in particular for running the deportation machine of the Trump administration, is expanding aggressively into Europe. Who are its clients? Find out in our latest story!
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Zusammen mit der @okfde haben wir heute die Initiative @OpenSCHUFA gestartet - wir bitten um Eure Unterstützung. #openschufa
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New milestone in the #regulation of AI: Yesterday, members of the @Europarl_EN (MEPs) voted on the EU #AIAct . Here is AlgorithmWatch’s quick analysis of what got agreed on. 🧵⤵️ 1/4
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EU Parliament vote on AI Act: Lawmakers chose to protect people against harms of AI systems -...

After long months of intense negotiations, members of the European Parliament voted on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). AlgorithmWatch applauds the Parliament for strengthening fundam...

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1/3 🖥️ 🚫 In Deutschland werden womöglich täglich Menschen durch algorithmische Systeme #diskriminiert , aber #niemandsiehts . Was kann man tun, wenn Computer nein sagen❓ 🔖 NEU: Unser AutoCheck-Ratgeber hilft dabei, Fälle zu erkennen und zu bekämpfen. 👇🏼
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4/9 The #DSA should ensure that Terms of Service cannot be weaponized against individuals or organizations that attempt to hold large platforms to account. 💸 Financial power must not be the currency that governs our public sphere! 🙅‍♀️
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Our review of 2020 in a nutshell: In the wake of the pandemic, many entrepreneurs rode the techno-solutionist wave and deployed new automated systems. Civil society tried to keep them in check, but the task is herculean. Read the full story ⤵️
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The year algorithms escaped quarantine: 2020 in review - AlgorithmWatch

Amid the Covid pandemic, governments and corporations stepped up the deployments of automated systems. Civil society initiatives attempted to keep some of them in check.

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On 28 October, AlgorithmWatch & @BertelsmannSt will publish the #AutomatingSociety Report 2020! Join our online launch event with @miapetrakumpula @SLagodinsky Irina Orssich @j2bryson @ckutterer @_sarah_fischer @fabiochiusi @spielkamp ! Register now ⤵️
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Coming soon: Automating Society Report 2020 – Join our launch event on 28 October! - AlgorithmWatch

Read the new Automating Society Report 2020 AlgorithmWatch and Bertelsmann Stiftung! And join our online launch event on 28 October!

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1/8 📣 The #EU must put #FundamentalRights first in the #ArtificialIntelligence Act! Today, @algorithmwatch & 114 civil society org’s launch a joint statement to call for an #AIAct that addresses the impacts of #AI uses on individuals & society.
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Civil society calls on the EU to put fundamental rights first in the AI Act - AlgorithmWatch

115 civil society organisations, including AlgorithmWatch and European Digital Rights (EDRi), launched a collective statement to call for an Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) which foregrounds...

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Since summer, AlgorithmWatch has grown by 3 team members. We are delighted to introduce our new colleagues: Project manager Mackenzie Nelson ( #GoverningPlatforms ), reporter Nicolas Kayser-Bril & project manager Fabio Chiusi ( #AutomatingSociety report 2020)
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Meet the newest members of the AlgorithmWatch team - AlgorithmWatch

Introducing the newest AlgorithmWatch team members: Mackenzie Nelson, Nicolas Kayser-Bril and Fabio Chiusi.

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1/5 🔬 How did automated decision-making ( #ADM ) systems impact #pandemic responses so far❓ 📕 Find out in our NEW REPORT! It summarizes the main findings and trends documented over 2021 through our #TracingTheTracers project. 👉🏼 #COVID19 #ADMS
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Intermediaries cannot be effectively regulated without meaningful #transparency , meaning data access for journalists, academics & civil society actors. This is the result of 2 new studies, published by AW in cooperation with @epc_eu & the Mainz Media Inst.
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What is #GenerativeAI and why am I only hearing about it now? 🤔 Our friends from @accessnow have put together at great explainer on the intersection of #AI and human rights, answering your most burning questions. Have a read! ⤵️
Generative AI and human rights: what you should know

Generative AI has been all over the headlines. But what are the human rights implications? Get the facts in our generative AI FAQ.

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5/9 Civil society organizations, academics, and journalists need legally secured access to platform data to continue to fulfill their watchdog function! Article 31 of the #DSA should not limit such access to “vetted researchers” with academic affiliations.
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7/9 Let’s stand up to Facebook's behavior and this type of bullying! ✍🏻 Sign our open letter to European lawmakers to ensure that the DSA grants meaningful and secured data access for public interest research by academics, journalists & civil society orgs:
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A review of 3 automated systems in use by the Swiss police and judiciary reveals serious issues. Real-world effects are impossible to assess due to a lack of transparency. Story by @nicolaskb – part of the #AutomatingSociety report by AW & @algoethik
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Swiss police automated crime predictions but has little to show for it - AlgorithmWatch

A review of 3 automated systems in use by the Swiss police and judiciary reveals serious issues. Real-world effects are impossible to assess due to a lack of transparency.

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Die Schufa erteilt weiterhin keine kostenfreie digitale Auskunft, obwohl das Gesetz dies verlangt. Der Hessische Datenschutzbeauftragte zeigt sich kulant. Ein Kommentar: #openschufa #dsgvo
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Mindestens sieben Monate DSGVO-Ausnahme für die SCHUFA - AlgorithmWatch

Die Schufa erteilt weiterhin keine kostenfreie digitale Auskunft, obwohl das Gesetz dies verlangt. Der Hessische Datenschutzbeauftragte zeigt sich kulant. Ein Kommentar.

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Der @dlf hat eine Sendereihe "Algorithmen im Alltag“ gestartet. Bis zum 23.4.19 gibt es insgesamt 12 Beiträge von @hellpiotr - z.B. zu „Routenplaner“, „Virenjäger“, „Kaufratgeber“ und „Informationsfilter“ #adm
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The French government just created a team of data scientists (within the Finance ministry), who will, among other tasks, investigate algorithmic bias.
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Prévu par la future loi "audiovisuel", ce nouveau pôle d’expertise en datascience a vu - en partie - le jour pour aider les pouvoirs publics à mieux comprendre les pratiques des plates-formes numériques comme Facebook et Google et à prévenir les dérives.
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Major platforms' #DSA risk assessments are due this month. But how should they work in practice?In our latest report, AlgorithmWatch’s Michele Loi proposes a framework & methodology for measuring systemic risks to #FreeSpeech and media pluralism. 👇
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How to define platforms’ systemic risks to democracy - AlgorithmWatch

It remains unclear how the largest platforms and search engines should go about identifying “systemic risks” to comply with the DSA. AlgorithmWatch outlines a methodology that will serve as a...

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📢 Our open letter on the #DigitalServicesAct calls on #EU policymakers to protect research about digital #platforms . 📨 It has been signed by 6.126 individuals and 3⃣5⃣ organizations, and it is now on its way to Brussels and Strasbourg! 👉🏻 Read it here:
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Tomorrow in Brussels, Member States will discuss the #AIAct . With 3⃣ new signatories to our open letter – @informatikradar @cilip_de @d64ev – we ask the German government to stand up for a ban on #biometric #surveillance as promised in the coalition treaty!➡️
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🔊 Can algorithms be trusted? @zeynep ( @uncsils ), @math_rachel ( @DataInstituteSF ), @abishurprakash and AlgorithmWatch's @spielkamp discussed on @bbcworldservice 's The Real Story how algorithms are shaping the modern world and how to hold them accountable.
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BBC World Service - The Real Story, Can algorithms be trusted?

How are algorithms shaping the modern world and should we be worried?

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Call for #submissions @fatconference : CRAFT invites contributions that address #critiques of the field of #fairness , #accountability & #transparency such as its blind spots, omissions, or alternative, more holistic approaches. Deadline: 12 September (1/3)
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CRAFT: Critiquing and Rethinking Accountability, Fairness and Transparency (ACM FAT* 2020) -...

CRAFT Call for submissions | ACM FAT* conference 2020 | Deadline: 12 September 2019

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Wo wird in Deutschland durch #Algorithmen diskriminiert? Lassen Sie es uns wissen! Im Rahmen unseres Projekts AutoCheck – gefördert von der @ADS_Bund – suchen wir deutsche Fallbeispiele für die #Diskriminierung durch automatisierte Entscheidungssysteme.
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“Wir suchen konkrete Beispiele für die Diskriminierung durch Algorithmen in Deutschland.” -...

Das Projekt AutoCheck geht der Frage nach, welche Diskriminierungsrisiken in automatisierten Entscheidungssystemen (ADMS) stecken. Im Interview berichtet Projektmanagerin Jessica Wulf von der Suche...

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„Das Problem mit den Falsch-Positiven: Zunehmend setzen Sicherheitsbehörden Software ein, um Verdächtige zu erkennen. Dabei geraten auch jede Menge Unschuldige ins Visier der Ermittler. Schuld ist die Mathematik.“
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Warum Prognose-Algorithmen problematisch sind

Zunehmend setzen Sicherheitsbehörden Software ein, um Verdächtige zu erkennen. Doch dabei geraten auch jede Menge Unschuldige ins Visier der Ermittler. Schuld ist die Mathematik.

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8/9 Many thanks to the 24 organizations and researchers that already supported us with their signature, incl. @accessnow @AINowInstitute @DemocracyR @enablingNGOlaw @osfEUpolicy @panoptykon @RSF @snv_berlin @Jausl00s @toledobastos @snurb_dot_info @j2blather @jeanburgess ...
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We are pleased to announce that our work on automated decision making (ADM) has been awarded funding by Bertelsmann Foundation and Hans Böckler Foundation
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AlgorithmWatch has been awarded funding by Bertelsmann Stiftung and Hans Böckler Foundation -...

How can we bring more transparency to automated decision making (ADM) processes that have a significant impact on our societies? And what consequences has the use of ADM systems in human resources...

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📢 Today, the much-awaited IMCO-LIBE draft report on the #ArtificialIntelligence Act, produced by @Europarl_EN lead negotiators @brandobenifei & @IoanDragosT , was finally disclosed – a major milestone in the #AIAct negotiations. Our first quick analysis 👇🏼 🧵
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Half a million Spaniards have been denied an electricity subsidy although they might be eligible. Non-profit @civio is going to court to obtain the source code of the software making the decisions. Story by @nicolaskb #ADM #AlgAcc #BonoSocial
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Finally, Members of @Europarl_EN are voting on the #AIAct this week. We desperately need transparency about the context in which #algorithms are used to understand how they impact us. We urge MEPs to vote YES to more stringent transparency obligations in the upcoming vote. ✊
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AlgorithmWatch welcomes the @EU_Commission ’s proposition to regulate #AI with the #AIAct . But we ask the @Europarl_EN and @eucouncil to clarify ambiguities and to address several shortcomings in the current draft. Details below, full statement here ⤵️ 1/8
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Draft AI Act: EU needs to live up to its own ambitions in terms of governance and enforcement -...

Going forward with the proposed AI Act, the European Parliament and the Member States should re-think its risk-based approach, focus on affected communities, and beef up transparency requirements and...

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According to strategy documents analysed by @algorithmwatch and @ReportersUnited , a new EU-funded mass surveillance system and military-grade fencing will be implemented in Greek refugee camps in order to monitor and control asylum seekers.
Greek camps for asylum seekers to introduce partly automated surveillance systems - AlgorithmWatch

An EU-funded surveillance system for “reception and identification centers” on five Greek islands raises questions about asylum seekers’ privacy and well-being. Despite assurances from European...

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6/9 We call on you to make a difference, @SchaldemoseMEP @HennaVirkunnen @echo_pbreyer @GeoffroyDidier @j_wisniewska @sabineverheyen @vonpecka @AlexandraGeese @woelken @PocivalsekZ @BostjanKoritnik @Europarl_EN @EU2021SI !
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🚨 Our voices have made an impact! The EU reached a milestone in regulating big tech platforms today, with the @EP_SingleMarket adopting its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA)
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DSA milestone: EU lawmakers have responded to our calls for meaningful transparency for big tech -...

Over the last months, AlgorithmWatch – supported by dozens of civil society organizations and researchers, and over 6.000 individuals – has advocated for using the Digital Services Act (DSA) to...

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„Wir begeben uns in Abhängigkeiten solcher Systeme, ohne zu wissen, wie sie funktionieren, wer sie sich zunutze macht und welche Interessen er damit verfolgt. Das sind viel drängendere Fragen als die, ob eine KI in unserem Sinne intelligent ist."
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Wie schlau ist die künstliche Intelligenz?

Kann die Maschine so gut denken wie ein Mensch? Diese Frage soll der Turing-Test beantworten. Doch Wissenschaftler zweifeln an ihm.

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2/3 📣 Deshalb schließen wir uns dem Bündnisaufruf von @lobbycontrol an und fordern gemeinsam mit über 50 Organisationen: ☝🏻 Lobby-Fußspur für alle Gesetze ☝🏻 Reform und Begrenzung von Parteienfinanzierung ☝🏻 Offenlegung aller Lobbykontakte der BReg ➡️
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Bei Deutschlandfunk Kultur kommentierte unser @lorz die Versuche der #Schufa zum Scoring per Kontoauszügen - und skizziert die Idee einer gemeinnützigen demokratischen Alternative zu den privatwirtschaftlichen Scoring-Unternehmen
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Schufa will Kontoauszüge prüfen - Der Zwang zur Transparenz

Die Schufa will künftig Kontoauszüge prüfen, um über Kreditwürdigkeit zu entscheiden. Die Pläne stoßen auf Kritik. Datenschutzaktivist Lorenz Matzat sieht einen Zwang durch ein privatwirtschaftliches...

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Unsere erste Analyse der #Datenspende
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Personalisierung bei der Google Suche geringer als gedacht – hauptsächlich regionale Effekte -...

In unserem Datenspende-Projekt gefördert von sechs Landesmedienanstalten haben wir Bürgerinnen und Bürger dazu aufgefordert, uns ihre Suchergebnisse zu 16 Begriffen zu spenden – bestehend aus einer...

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🚨 #BigTech  has lobbied to introduce a loophole in the  #AIAct  that could undermine our #FundementalRights . Together with @edri , @accessnow & 100+ civil society orgs, we call on the EU to close this loophole & protect our democracy✊ Read our statement!⤵️
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EU legislators must close dangerous loophole in AI Act - AlgorithmWatch

The European Union is entering the final stage of negotiations on its Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), but Big Tech and other industry players have lobbied to introduce a major loophole to the...

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1/3 Platforms tell us they are working hard to counteract hate speech, fact check disinfo & promote “quality journalism”. But when journos, activists & academics ask for data to monitor progress, they find themselves waiting…and waiting…….. Sound familiar?
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Das Datenanalyse-Unternehmen #Palantir , bekannt durch sein Mitwirken an der Abschiebe-Maschinerie der US-Regierung, stößt mit einer aggressiven Expansionsstrategie auf den europäischen Kontinent vor. Wer sind seine Kunden? Erfahren Sie es hier! ⤵️
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📢 Auf unserer #Datenspende -Plattform @dataskop_net startet heute das erste Forschungsprojekt. 🎉 Es untersucht den #Youtube Empfehlungs-Algorithmus zur #btw21 . Nutzer·innen können ihre Daten vorher selbst sehen und damit experimentieren. Los geht's 👇
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+++ WE ARE HIRING! +++ For our new project #GoverningPlatforms we are looking for researcher and project manager (20-30h/week), location: Berlin. Apply now and spread the word!
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Join the our team! - AlgorithmWatch

Join the AlgorithmWatch team and work with us to protect fundamental rights and strengthen the common good!

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Mirror, mirror on the computer: Am I facing discrimination when applying for a job? A lot of companies are using tools based on algorithms when deciding who gets the job – which can reproduce injustices. Help us develop fair algorithms: donate your  #CV ! ⤵️
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1/3 We're overwhelmed by the support we've received over the past week! 40 intl orgs & researchers + nearly 900 other supporters have already signed our open letter: But the fight to protect public interest research on platforms is only just beginning...
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1/9 ⚠️ AlgorithmWatch was forced to shut down its #Instagram monitoring project after threats from #Facebook ! 👉🏻 Read our story: ✍🏻 And sign our open letter to European lawmakers to protect future research on online platforms: 🧵
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Social Scoring in den Niederlanden – neuer Report bei uns: Eine Software filtert automatisch potentielle Sozialbetrüger heraus. Wie sie funktioniert, verrät der Staat nicht. Bürgerrechtler klagen dagegen. #SyRI
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📢 New publication on automated decision-making systems in the #PublicSector by @algorithmwatch & @AlgorithmWat_CH We developed a concrete and practicable impact assessment tool to be implemented for the evaluation of specific #ADMS by public authorities
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Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector – An Impact Assessment Tool for Public...

How can we ensure a trustworthy use of automated decision-making systems (ADMS) in the public administration? AlgorithmWatch and AlgorithmWatch Switzerland developed a concrete and practicable impact...

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The GDPR needn’t stand in the way of meaningful research access to platform data. This is the result of a new study, published by AlgorithmWatch in cooperation with @epc_eu and @ivir_uva as part of our #GoverningPlatforms Project.
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Worldwide, workers and their representatives are being confronted with algorithmically-driven #automation in the workplace. 🤖 How must trade unions respond? Our new @ituc report delivers practical advice and guidance to empower #union representatives. ⤵️
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„Es gibt keine digitalen Grundrechte“ – unsere Stellungnahme zur #digitalcharta
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📢 Neues von @dataskop_net ! Wir haben einen #Simulator entwickelt, der die Prinzipien und Funktionsweisen von Empfehlungsalgorithmen veranschaulicht! #PlattformDynamiken ist im Rahmen unseres Pilotprojekts zum #YouTube - #Recommender entstanden. 👉🏻 [1/3]
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Join us for the 1st Algorithmic Accountability Reporting Meetup in Berlin on November 5th. @raymserrato will present his work on the YouTube recommendation algorithm and right-wing videos after the neo-Nazi protests in Chemnitz #algacc
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"Smart policing" is how the Greek police call the planned use of thousands of live facial recognition devices. Data protectionists question the legal basis of the project, and information on the EU-funded project is scarce. Want to keep reading? 👇🏻
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Flush with EU funds, Greek police to introduce live face recognition before the summer - Algorith...

Greek police are due to receive gear that allows for real-time face recognition during police patrols. Despite concerns that the system could seriously affect civil liberties, details about the...

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Now also available as PDF: Our position paper "Automated decision-making systems and the fight against #COVID19 " 👉📄 @fabiochiusi @nicolaskb #ADMS #Coronavirus
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Faced with the worldwide spread of #COVID19 , many are wondering whether and how to use automated decision-making systems ( #ADMS ) to curb the outbreak. Read 11 principles by AW on what to consider regarding the use of ADMS in the current pandemic.
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#TikTok sammelt viele Daten über dich. Weißt du auch welche? Heute starten wir unsere neue @dataskop_net Datenspende, um genau das herauszufinden. 🔍 Jetzt einfach #DataSkop herunterladen & mitmachen! ⬇️
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Instagram is Europe's 3d-largest social network, but its algorithm remains a mystery. Help us pierce its secrets by installing our "Monitoring Instagram" Firefox add-on ⤵️
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Help us unveil the secrets of Instagram’s algorithm - AlgorithmWatch

Install the add-on for Firefox or Chrome to help us monitor Instagram's newsfeed algorithm!

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In the Netherlands, a court will rule tomorrow on SyRI, an algorithm that merges data from several institutions to detect welfare fraud. A decision against the use of the software would be a blow against the linkage of administrative data.
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‘Willen we dat de overheid zo met burgers omgaat?’

Privacywetgeving: Dinsdag dient een unieke rechtszaak. Acht partijen dagvaarden de staat inzake SyRI, het opsporingssysteem voor uitkeringsfraude. Ze komen in het geweer tegen „de massale risicopro...

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"Ein deutsches Forschungsprojekt zum #Algorithmus von #Instagram wurde nach einem Streit mit der Konzernmutter #Facebook gestoppt. Das ruft die #Politik auf den Plan." – @handelsblatt
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Facebook: SPD fordert Pflicht zur Transparenz bei Internet-Algorithmen

Ein deutsches Forschungsprojekt zum Algorithmus von Instagram wurde nach einem Streit mit der Konzernmutter Facebook gestoppt. Das ruft die Politik auf den Plan.

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Die Bundesregierung wollte biometrische Erkennung in der EU verbieten, doch der #AIAct ist voller Schlupflöcher. In einem offenen Brief rufen 24 Organisationen @breg_bund , @bmj_bund & @bmuv auf, ihr Koalitionsversprechen in der KI-Verordnung umzusetzen. ➡️
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It is often claimed that AI will contribute to solving the climate crisis, but evidence is scant. On the contrary, AI has a track record of helping emit more greenhouse gases. By @nicolaskb – part of the #AutomatingSociety report 2020 by AW & @algoethik
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📢 Today AlgorithmWatch joins @edri and 60 other civil society organisations demanding #AIredlines for applications of #ArtificialIntelligence that threaten fundamental #HumanRights in an open letter to the @EU_Commission . 👇
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Civil society calls for AI red lines in the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence proposal -...

European Digital Rights together with 61 civil society organisations have sent an open letter to the European Commission demanding redlines for the applications of AI that threaten fundamental rights.

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Die #Datenethikkommission liefert mit ihrem Bericht eine Steilvorlage für die Zivilgesellschaft. Weil sie eine überfällige und substanzielle Diskussionsgrundlage bietet. Eine Einschätzung von unserem @lorz
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1/ 📢 As final negotiations on the #AIAct kick off, we call on #EU institutions to put people and our human rights first in the regulation, together with 149 (!) organizations. Our statement ⬇️
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Final EU negotiations: we need an AI Act that puts people first - AlgorithmWatch

As the final stage of negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) enters AlgorithmWatch together with 149 civil society organisations call on EU institutions to improve the regulation....

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1/3 🚨 Die großen Tech-Unternehmen pumpen jährlich Millionen von Euro 💸 in #Forschung , #Journalismus und #Politiklobbying – auf höchst intransparente Weise. Lesen Sie in unserer Story, wo #Google , #Facebook & Co. überall ihre Finger im Spiel haben! ➡️
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After #Facebook forced AlgorithmWatch to shutter our #Instagram monitoring project, @echo_pbreyer asked @EU_Commission about how to protect civil society orgs and journalists seeking to access platform data. Now, the Commission has responded ✅ Thread 🧵👇🏼
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The Swedish government just announced it will commission a report (to be published before 24 March 2021) on the use of automated decision-making at the municipal level, after several small towns started their own experiments with algorithms.
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📺 "Algorithmen sind mehr als ein abstraktes Problem, sie gehen uns alle an!" – @carolinkebekus gestern in #DCKS @daserste über automatisierte Entscheidungen, vorprogrammierte Vorurteile, die Arbeit von AlgorithmWatch und unser Projekt @_unding . 👇🏻
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1/4 What is algorithmic #discrimination ? Where does #algorithmic #bias come from, and what are the real-life consequences? 🔖 OUT NOW: Our new guidebook helps to better recognize cases and support those affected. Read more 👉🏼
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