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    Articles tagged algorithmic accountability (5)

    Joshua BentonOctober 19, 2020
    Is Facebook too big to know? The Markup has a plan (and a browser) to wrap its arms around it
    The Citizen Browser Project will pay 1,200 Americans to let The Markup monitor the choices that tech company algorithms are making for them. “What are they choosing to amplify? And what are they choosing not to amplify?”
    Christine SchmidtSeptember 24, 2018
    Watch out, algorithms: Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson unveil The Markup, their plan for investigating tech’s societal impacts
    “Journalists in every field need to have more skills to investigate those types of decision-making that are embedded in technology.”
    Christine SchmidtAugust 7, 2018
    If Facebook makes a safe harbor for journalists and researchers, would it help?
    “Currently, most tech investigations of Facebook…may have technically violated Facebook’s TOS. But without violating those rules, journalists can’t investigate our most important platform for public discourse.”
    Rich GordonJuly 18, 2018
    On a big story like the Helsinki Trump/Putin summit, Google News’ algorithm isn’t up to the task
    The algorithm that ranks content can make some truly strange decisions. What set of signals is Google News looking for?
    “Journalism practice may feel like a product on a conveyor belt”: Researchers on the future of automated news production and consumption
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