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Platforms oppressing public interest research: EU Commission responds to MEP Breyer’s question concerning AlgorithmWatch

After Facebook forced AlgorithmWatch to shutter our Instagram monitoring project, MEP Patrick Breyer submitted a written question to the European Commission asking how to protect public interest research from being oppressed by large tech platforms. Now, the Commission has responded.

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January 4, 2022

From evidence to impact: Stiftung Mercator supports AlgorithmWatch

December 27, 2021

The year that was not saved by automated systems – 2021 in review

December 1, 2021

UNESCO adopts Recommendation on the Ethics of AI

November 4, 2021

Welcome to the team, Anna, Monica, John & Josephine

August 13, 2021

Under Facebook’s thumb: Platforms must stop suppressing public interest research

July 15, 2021

DataSkop: Investigating YouTube’s algorithm during Germany’s election campaign

June 30, 2021

More Algorithms, more Watchers: New Faces at AlgorithmWatch

May 25, 2021

“We’re looking for cases of discrimination through algorithms in Germany.”

February 9, 2021

New project launched: Tracing the tracers. Monitoring and analyzing ADM systems used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 3, 2021

Presentation of the French and Spanish country issues of the Automating Society Report

January 25, 2021

Now available: The German edition of the Automating Society Report 2020

January 19, 2021

Register now: Launch event of the German edition of the Automating Society Report on 25 January 2021

December 28, 2020

The year algorithms escaped quarantine: 2020 in review

December 9, 2020

Podcast: The EU Digital Services Act – Why data access matters

December 2, 2020

Shout-out to our guest researchers: Luis, Avalon & Leonard

November 20, 2020

Launch of AlgorithmWatch Switzerland

November 13, 2020

Italian country issue of the Automating Society Report 2020 released

October 21, 2020

Beyond the buzzwords: Putting meaningful transparency at the heart of the Digital Services Act

September 28, 2020

Welcome to our DataSkop team: Sana, Rachel and Johannes

September 1, 2020

Europe wants to be a role model for technological responses to COVID-19. But it’s complicated.

July 23, 2020

Guest researchers join AlgorithmWatch for the summer

July 10, 2020

Meet our colleagues: Melanie, Jessica and Friederike

July 9, 2020

AlgorithmWatch appointed to ‘Global Partnership on AI’

July 9, 2020

Hey researchers! Have you been ‘left on read’ by platforms? Share your stories!

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