News and Research articles on Algorithmic bias

Aspirational platform governance: How creators legitimise content moderation through accusations of bias

Blake Hallinan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
CJ Reynolds, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yehonatan Kuperberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Omer Rothenstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.1.1829

Although commercial social media platforms provide few formal channels for participation in platform governance, creators aspire to influence decisions and policies through expressive forms of civic engagement that ultimately legitimate platforms as arbiters of public discourse.

Algorithmic bias and the Value Sensitive Design approach

Judith Simon, Universität Hamburg
Pak-Hang Wong, Universität Hamburg
Gernot Rieder, Universität Hamburg
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1534

This article provides an overview of the Value Sensitive Design (VSD) methodology and explores how it can enrich the current debates on algorithmic bias and fairness in machine learning.