Researchers find that Facebook appears to deliver certain ads, despite neutral targeting parameters, in a way that aligns with race and gender stereotypes
eg biased data caused bias; and systems creating bias towards categories they don't explicitly measure http://twitter.com/... Christian Sandvig / @niftyc : Another implication: “Big data” used in this way can never give us a better world. It is inherently backward-looking. It makes the world worse by reinforcing the injustice that already exists, and even accelerating it. http://arxiv.org/... http://www.economist.com/...