Reposted by Daniel Angus
Australia's draft Digital Duty of Care is "a welcome and necessary reform," but its public pitch as an off switch for 'the algorithm' misses the point, write Queensland University of Technology's Daniel Angus and Jean Burgess and Western Sydney University's Amanda Third.
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Australia Wants an Off Switch for 'The Algorithm.' That's the Wrong Fix
Concerns about algorithms are real, but they are not the ‘bad guys’ in and of themselves, write Daniel Angus, Jean Burgess and Amanda Third.