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Should we be auditing the algorithms that choose our news for us?

A new article by Brent Mittlestadt explores the challenges of enforcing a political right to transparency in content personalization systems. It notes that no matter how auditing is pursued, standards to detect evidence of political bias in personalized content are urgently required.

Part-time Doctoral Programme Launched

Apply now! OII Summer Doctoral Programme 2017: Oxford, 3-14 July

One of the highlights of our year, the OII Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) brings together outstanding doctoral students from around the world for a fortnight of study with our faculty and colleagues in a multi-disciplinary environment that aims to provide constructive advice and support for students’ doctoral thesis research. SDP2017: Oxford 3-14 July 2017. Deadline: 20 February 2017.

Is social media killing democracy? Phil Howard on fake news, filter bubbles

"This is the big year for computational propaganda — using immense data sets to manipulate public opinion over social media. Both the Brexit referendum and US election have revealed the limits of modern democracy, and social media platforms are currently setting those limits." The OII's Phil Howard discusses fake news, filter bubbles and tech companies' "moral pass". Is social media damaging democracy? "Yes", says Phil: "but we can also use social media to save democracy".

What is data ethics? New article by Floridi, Taddeo reviews the challenges

New research into the ethical impact of data science reveals a range of complex challenges which need to be addressed in order to enable data science innovation to flourish. A new article (and Special Issue of Phil. Trans. A) by Luciano Floridi and Mariarosaria Taddeo reviews the ethical challenges posed by data science.