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Recommendation Algorithms Explainer
The Recommendation Algorithms explainer aims to demonstrate how algorithms work on social media platforms. It allows the users to simulate their experience on a social media platform, where their choices shape a personalised feed.
Effect of Technology:
Autonomy, Bias, Concentration of Power, Culture, Epistemic effect, Inclusion/Exclusion, Individuals, Legitimacy, Opacity, Polarisation, Society, Surveillance
Democratic values:
Accountability, Fairness, Pluralism, Transparency, Trust
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The value of democracy
There are both instrumental and intrinsic reasons to value democracy. In short, democracy is valuable instrumentally because
Effect of Technology:
Agency, Culture, Democracy, Epistemic effect, Inclusion/Exclusion, Individuals, Legitimacy, Opacity, Society
Democratic values:
Accountability, Deliberation, Equality, Fairness, Participation, Pluralism, Rule of Law, Transparency, Trust
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What are Knowledge Technologies?
Knowledge technologies, as distinct from information technologies, have been defined in the Module C of the social risk toolkit.
Democratic values:
Transparency, Trust
What is freedom?
When we think of freedom or ‘liberty’ we typically think of it in certain ways: e.g., freedom to act as we please, freedom from harm or interference, freedom of thought, or freedom to be a member of a community (Susskind, 2018: 165).
Effect of Technology:
Democracy, Individuals, Society, Surveillance
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