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#Algorithms Policed #WelfareSystems For Years. Now They're Under Fire for #Bias

#HumanRights 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.
#France #rights

https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-policed-welfare-systems-for-years-now-theyre-under-fire-for-bias/

#Algorithms Policed #WelfareSystems For Years. Now They're Under Fire for #Bias

#HumanRights 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.
#France #rights

https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-policed-welfare-systems-for-years-now-theyre-under-fire-for-bias/

📄 New article by CPC-CG members Jackie Wahba OBE and Valentina Di Iasio for the #Economics Observatory discusses how understanding the factors affecting choice of destination is a first step towards helping #policymakers design better schemes for #asylumseekers 👇

https://www.economicsobservatory.com/asylum-seekers-in-europe-where-do-people-go-and-why

#migration #refugees #welfaresystems

Time for an #introduction! My name is Damiano and I’m #newhere. I’m a #sociologist and #family #demographer working on #ageingResearch. My research interests include #gender and #socialinequalities in #health in later life, #intergenerationalRelationships, social determinants of health (#SDoH), #welfareSystems, and #quantitativeMethods for #socialResearch. I’m looking forward to connecting with others interested in #sociology, #demography, #epidemiology, #gerontology, and other #SocialScience·s.