The fundamental rights challenges of algorithms

Algorithms form an increasingly important part of our daily lives, even if we are often unaware of it. They are enormously useful in many different ways. They facilitate the sharing economy, help detect diseases, assist government agencies in crime control, and help us choose what series or film to watch. Yet, there is also a darker side to algorithms, and that is that they (and their applications) can easily interfere with our fundamental rights. This column explores some of the main fundamental rights challenges set by the pervasiveness of algorithms, and it presents a brief outlook for the future.

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Author Gerards, Janneke, j.h.gerards@uu.nl, orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-2232
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051919861773
Group Ethics and Legality
Publisher SAGE Publications
Source Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 2019, Vol. 37(3) 205–209
Thematic Cluster Privacy Enhancing Technology [PET]
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Created 9 February 2021, 12:41 (CET)