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The Politics of Algorithmic Decision-Making in Public Administration

Quick fact

Many governments use algorithms to determine welfare benefits, yet a 2023 study found that over half of the municipal algorithms surveyed in Western Europe were not publicly documented, making them essentially invisible to citizens.

Why this is interesting

Your eligibility for public benefits might be decided by a computer that you have never heard of. But who decided what that computer should value?