Algorithms of Oppression

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions vor 8 Jahren

In her recent book Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem.

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Safiya Umoja Noble Noble argues that the combination of private
interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly
status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines,
leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness
and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of
color- and contributes to our understanding of how racism is
created, maintained, and disseminated in the 21st century.