Governments should regulate automated decision-making

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A backlash against Big Tech has sent lawmakers all over the world scrambling for ways to restrain the influence of computers over daily life.

Now, congressional Democrats are offering up an Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019, an expansive and ambitious new take on how to regulate automated decision-making.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 19, 2019, with the headline Governments should regulate automated decision-making. Subscribe