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The right to contest a decision with consequences on individuals or the society is a well-established democratic right. Despite this right also being explicitly included in GDPR in reference to automated decision-making, its study seems to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Andrea Aler Tubella , Andreas Theodorou , Virginia Dignum , Loizos Michael

Emerging scholarship suggests that the EU legal concept of direct discrimination - where a person is given different treatment on grounds of a protected characteristic - may apply to various algorithmic decision-making contexts. This has…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Hilde Weerts , Aislinn Kelly-Lyth , Reuben Binns , Jeremias Adams-Prassl

Current AI regulations require discarding sensitive features (e.g., gender, race, religion) in the algorithm's decision-making process to prevent unfair outcomes. However, even without sensitive features in the training set, algorithms can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Giandomenico Cornacchia , Vito Walter Anelli , Fedelucio Narducci , Azzurra Ragone , Eugenio Di Sciascio

Predictive algorithms have a powerful potential to offer benefits in areas as varied as medicine or education. However, these algorithms and the data they use are built by humans, consequently, they can inherit the bias and prejudices…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Cristina Manresa-Yee , Silvia Ramis

In situations where explanations of black-box models may be useful, the fairness of the black-box is also often a relevant concern. However, the link between the fairness of the black-box model and the behavior of explanations for the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Jessica Dai , Sohini Upadhyay , Stephen H. Bach , Himabindu Lakkaraju

Algorithms are increasingly used to guide high-stakes decisions about individuals. Consequently, substantial interest has developed around defining and measuring the ``fairness'' of these algorithms. These definitions of fair algorithms…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2024-04-09 Annie Liang , Jay Lu

There has been rapidly growing interest in the use of algorithms in hiring, especially as a means to address or mitigate bias. Yet, to date, little is known about how these methods are used in practice. How are algorithmic assessments…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Manish Raghavan , Solon Barocas , Jon Kleinberg , Karen Levy

Algorithmic decision-making and other types of artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to predict who will commit crime, who will be a good employee, who will default on a loan, etc. However, algorithmic decision-making can also threaten…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius

As calls for fair and unbiased algorithmic systems increase, so too does the number of individuals working on algorithmic fairness in industry. However, these practitioners often do not have access to the demographic data they feel they…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-01-26 McKane Andrus , Elena Spitzer , Jeffrey Brown , Alice Xiang

What should regulators of complex algorithms regulate? We propose a model of oversight over 'black-box' algorithms used in high-stakes applications such as lending, medical testing, or hiring. In our model, a regulator is limited in how…

General Economics · Economics 2024-06-04 Laura Blattner , Scott Nelson , Jann Spiess

Algorithmic fairness in lending today relies on group fairness metrics for monitoring statistical parity across protected groups. This approach is vulnerable to subgroup discrimination by proxy, carrying significant risks of legal and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Mark Weber , Mikhail Yurochkin , Sherif Botros , Vanio Markov

Algorithmic recommendations mediate interactions between millions of customers and products (in turn, their producers and sellers) on large e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon. In recent years, the producers and sellers have raised concerns…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Abhisek Dash , Abhijnan Chakraborty , Saptarshi Ghosh , Animesh Mukherjee , Krishna P. Gummadi

Algorithmic bias has been the subject of much recent controversy. To clarify what is at stake and to make progress resolving the controversy, a better understanding of the concepts involved would be helpful. The discussion here focuses on…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Catherine Stinson

Social media wields a profound influence on social and economic dynamics worldwide, people on social media began to forge a livelihood through their online presence through creative labor. This surge in social media Content Creators…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Gianna Williams

In credit markets, screening algorithms aim to discriminate between good-type and bad-type borrowers. However, when doing so, they can also discriminate between individuals sharing a protected attribute (e.g. gender, age, racial origin) and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-02-09 Christophe Hurlin , Christophe Pérignon , Sébastien Saurin

Ad platforms such as Facebook, Google and LinkedIn promise value for advertisers through their targeted advertising. However, multiple studies have shown that ad delivery on such platforms can be skewed by gender or race due to hidden…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Basileal Imana , Aleksandra Korolova , John Heidemann

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a huge impact on our personal lives and also on our democratic society as a whole. While AI offers vast opportunities for the benefit of people, its potential to embed and perpetuate bias and discrimination…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a huge impact on our personal lives and also on our democratic society as a whole. While AI offers vast opportunities for the benefit of people, its potential to embed and perpetuate bias and discrimination…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

Designing technical systems to be resistant to bias and discrimination represents vital new terrain for researchers, policymakers, and the anti-discrimination project more broadly. We consider bias and discrimination in the context of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-09-07 Jevan Hutson , Jessie G. Taft , Solon Barocas , Karen Levy

As algorithms increasingly inform and influence decisions made about individuals, it becomes increasingly important to address concerns that these algorithms might be discriminatory. The output of an algorithm can be discriminatory for many…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-03-19 Úrsula Hébert-Johnson , Michael P. Kim , Omer Reingold , Guy N. Rothblum