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Sunday, June 4 • 11:15 - 12:30
FOI'ing Europe's suspicion machines

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Machine learning algorithms make more and more decisions about people’s lives, including what schools their children attend, who gets interviewed for jobs, and who gets a loan. The spread of risk-scoring models is presented as progress, promising mathematical objectivity and fairness. Yet citizens have no real way to understand or question the decisions such systems make. WIRED and Lighthouse Reports used FOI to learn how these practices work and if they are fair.
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avatar for Justin-Casimir Braun

Justin-Casimir Braun

Data Reporter, Lighthouse Reports, Germany
Justin is a data journalist focused on the societal impact of automated systems and artificial intelligence. In the past, Justin has worked with AlgorithmWatch e.V., a German digital rights organization, and various grassroots NGOs, documenting human rights violations against migrants... Read More →
avatar for Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

Prosjektleder Innsyn.no, Faktisk.no
Tarjei Leer-Salvesen spent this year six months at Reuters Institute in Oxford to learn more about the differences between 136 RTI laws in the world, and how journalists can use cross-border filing for information in their investigations.As he also is a well know international working... Read More →
avatar for Gabriel Geiger

Gabriel Geiger

Investigative Journalist, Lighthouse Reports
Gabriel is an investigative journalist with Lighthouse Reports. He specializes in surveillance and algorithmic accountability reporting and most recently was the lead reporter on Lighthouse Reports' Suspicion Machines investigation. His work often combines traditional reporting methodologies... Read More →

Sunday June 4, 2023 11:15 - 12:30 CEST
C2.07
  FOI, Presentation

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