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925 Algorithms Policed Welfare Systems For Years. Now They're Under Fire for Bias

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Morgan Meaker @ Wired · 10/16/2024 09:37 EDT

Algorithms Policed Welfare Systems For Years. Now They're Under Fire for Bias

Human rights groups have launched a new legal challenge against the use of algorithms to detect error and fraud in France's welfare system, amid claims that single mothers are disproportionately affected.

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