How to Hold Governments Accountable for the Algorithms They Use Algorithms determine prison sentences and Social Security benefits. So we need to know how they work.

In the U.S., this change was news for about 12 hours before it was completely forgotten. However, come January, the “people over pages” algorithm update was released to everyone.

A new type of algorithm aims to change that. Researcher Aviv Ovadya views social media algorithms as fueling extremism around the world, and he has an idea to fix that — not by getting rid of ...