PARIS – Algorithms are not value-neutral. Yet for over a decade now, we have allowed Big Tech to deploy them as the gatekeepers to our information ecosystem, without demanding transparency or accountability in return. The consequences have ranged from the amplification of polarizing and sensationalist content to veiled personalized advertising, the proliferation of monopolistic behaviors, and forms of influence over public discourse that are antithetical to democratic deliberation.

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