https://www.scmp.com/rss/329907/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Online search results, like so many other algorithms that rely on external sources of information, naturally expose whatever leanings or affinities that data reflects. This effect – called “algorithmic bias” – is fast becoming a common feature of our digital world, and in far more insidious ways than search results. Google search makes Trump the world’s top idiot, but is it fair? Whether Google is partisan is a matter of opinion. But consider the subtle ways that it reinforces racial... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2179122/how-google-search-and-other-algorithms-could-be-racist-and-support?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2179122/how-google-search-and-other-algorithms-could-be-racist-and-support?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:33:55 +0000