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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Could ancient laws help us sue the internet?

A medieval law could help us bring to book all those responsible for algorithms that run - and ruin - our livesa THIS century's next great legal challenge will be to make those responsible for complex systems accountable for their actions, says Kate Crawford, who works for Microsoft Research. If a bunch of unrelated algorithms, interacting in unforeseen ways, puts you under heightened surveillance, blocks your credit or stunts your kids' life choices, who do you call? Who will make redress for such unforeseen, unintended automated wrongs? There are no clear answers to these questions, which is why Crawford wants to resurrect the deodand, an obscure legal term from the 11th century.
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