When the Algorithm Itself Is a Racist: Diagnosing Ethical Harm in the Basic Components of Software.
Computer algorithms organize and select information across a wide range of applications and industries, from search results to social media. Abuses of power by Internet platforms have led to calls for algorithm transparency and regulation. Algorithms have a particularly problematic history of proces...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Communication (19328036) Vol. 10; pp. 4972 - 4991 |
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University of Southern California, USC Annenberg Press
2016
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