AlgorithmWatch

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AlgorithmWatch
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legal form non-profit organization , non-governmental organization
founding 2017 in Berlin
founder Matthias Spielkamp Katharina Anna Zweig , Lorena Jaume-Palasí , Lorenz Matzat
Seat Berlin
Managing directors Matthias Spielkamp
people Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger , Prof. Dr. Katharina de la Durantaye, Dr. Steffen Wenzel (Supervisory Board)
Employees 16
Volunteers 4th
Website algorithmwatch.org

AlgorithmWatch is a not - for - profit non - governmental organization founded in Berlin in 2017 with the aim of considering and classifying processes of algorithmic decision-making that are socially relevant - that either predict or pre-determine human decisions, or make decisions automatically.

All graphics and texts on the website are under a Creative Commons license .

activity

AlgorithmWatch was founded in 2016 by Matthias Spielkamp , Katharina Anna Zweig , Lorena Jaume-Palasí and Lorenz Matzat in Berlin .

AlgorithmWatch analyzes the effects of algorithmic decision-making processes on human behavior and shows ethical conflicts .

AlgorithmWatch is funded by the Bertelsmann Foundation , the Schöpflin Foundation and the Hans Böckler Foundation .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Transparency & Governance. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
  2. Patrick Beuth: Having a say in the automation of the world. In: ZEIT ONLINE . December 7, 2017, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  3. Dirk Peitz, Meike Laaff: “Algorithms tend to discriminate against people in powerless positions”. In: ZEIT ONLINE . August 29, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  4. a b Ralph Müller-Eiselt: More transparency and civil society control of algorithms. In: Bertelsmann Foundation . December 7, 2017, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  5. Schöpflin Foundation | Funding partners & projects. In: www.schoepflin-stiftung.de. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .