Algorithms Are Not Inherently Biased, It’s A Result Of Expectations With Unintended Consequences

There have been plenty of criticisms about how tech companies use algorithms in their software that tends to favor their political ideology or biases. Companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google have been criticized for their favoritism when it comes to regulating their content. Twitter has been accused of banning more conservative and right-wing users than those who are liberal. Facebook has been known to support more content that favors liberal and leftist views. Google has been observed to put search results that rank leftist content higher than that of the right and conservatives. I won’t cite all the examples, but…...