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Urgent: Laws prohibiting algorithmic discrimination

lundi 14 juin 2021 à 02:00

US citizens: call on Zuckerberg to endorse laws prohibiting algorithmic discrimination.

This is a half-measure. Collecting people's personal data endangers them in many ways, and discrimination is only one of them. It also harms society in various ways — for instance, boosting hate groups and conspiracy fantasies; this is not an issue of discrimination by Facebook, even if some of the hate groups might practice or advocate discrimination.

We should not allow anything comparable to Facebook to exist.