algorithms as scapegoats Facebook actually made more money when they tried getting rid of the News Feed algorithm. Thom Dunn

content Algorithms like YouTube's content ID harm fair use, free speech, and creativity Thom Dunn

consumer data I tried to access my secret consumer data. Their facial recognition software told me to smile. Thom Dunn

kate klonick An important, elegant thought experiment on content moderation regulation Cory Doctorow

facesoft Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors Cory Doctorow

zuck's empire of oily rags Facebook's "celebration" and "memories" algorithms are auto-generating best-of-terror-recruiting pages for extremist groups Cory Doctorow

facebook customer support number Google mistakenly started handing out a reporter's cellphone number to people searching for Facebook tech support Cory Doctorow

algorithmic cruelty Edward Snowden to keynote London's ORGCON! Cory Doctorow

ripoff britain UK minister says airlines used "exploitative algorithms" to split up families unless they paid extra Cory Doctorow

he who must not be named A successful no-platforming means we can talk about Alex Jones again Cory Doctorow

overworked centaurs A human being at Facebook manually approved the idea of targeting ads to users interested in "white genocide" Cory Doctorow

metatext Stet, a gorgeous, intricate, tiny story of sociopathic automotive vehicles Cory Doctorow

filtering Facebook's spam filter blocked the most popular articles about its 50m user breach Cory Doctorow

algorithmic cruelty Facebook sends man animation featuring cartoon characters dancing on his mother's grave Cory Doctorow

kafka's algebra ICE hacked its algorithmic risk-assessment tool so it recommended detention for everyone Cory Doctorow

revenge of alice u Thanks to 2016's trade secret law and algorithmic justice, America's courts have become AI-Kafka nightmares Cory Doctorow

humans in the loop Fired by an algorithm, and no one can figure out why Cory Doctorow

beep beep #neo-nazis are here "Friendly" apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty Cory Doctorow

prediction misfires Algorithms try to channel us into repeating our lives Cory Doctorow

algorithmic cruelty Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's MIDAS program had a 93% error rate and falsely accused 20,000 workers of unemployment fraud Cory Doctorow