Gabriel Geiger
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Investigative journalist @LHreports. Surveillance and algorithms. Bylines @bellingcat @derspiegel @lemondefr @wired @NRC Signal: gabriel_geiger.06
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https://www.lighthousereports.com/team/gabriel-geiger-2/ 08-06-2019 20:11:52
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This kind of stonewalling by a public authority betrays the very concept of access to information for accountability. Lighthouse Reports's reporters punch above their weight but can invest time and resources. It would be impossible for a citizen or a small association to do that.
Another day, another discriminatory welfare automation system that could qualify as #SocialScoring under the #AIAct, this time in Sweden. Huge congrats to Lighthouse Reports, Svenska Dagbladet, for this timely revelation, supported by David Nolan, Amnesty Tech' Algorithmic Accountability Lab (AAL).
For real, “That Time Our FOIAs Finally Paid Off” is the best news genre. We’ve got a grand purpose, we’ve got powerful adversaries, we’ve got supernatural forces beyond our control, we’ve got ordeals, holy grails, bad odds, the damning passage of time. 10/10 would read anytime.
A keeper thread for anyone interested in AI accountability. Congrats Gabriel Geiger 🙌🏽
Always read and look carefully the work done by Gabriel and Lighthouse Reports team on AI accountability. It is quite shocking that governments in EU keep using this kind of systems. And even more that oversighting around them still falls on the shoulders of a small group of reporters.