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算法审计中的审计权与权力不对称

The right to audit and power asymmetries in algorithm auditing

Aleksandra Urman, Ivan Smirnov, Jana Lasser

AI总结:

本文围绕算法审计中的权力不对称展开批判性反思,扩展了 Sandvig 关于审计权的演讲,补充了研究者差距、数据获取激励及用户权利等不对称,并指出其对计算社会科学的影响。

摘要:

在本文中,我们通过对算法审计领域权力不对称的批判性反思,参与并扩展了 Christian Sandvig 教授在 IC2S2 2021 上关于审计权的主旨演讲。我们详细阐述了 Sandvig 提到的挑战与不对称——例如与法律问题相关的挑战,以及早期职业研究者与资深研究者之间的差距。我们还对 Sandvig 未涉及但我们认为至关重要的不对称进行了讨论:包括研究者之间的其他差距、与获取公司数据相关的激励结构、审计对象与用户及其权利之间的不对称。我们还讨论了这些不对称对算法审计研究的影响,例如西方中心主义和视角多样性的缺乏。虽然我们特别聚焦于算法审计领域,但我们认为所讨论的某些不对称在更广泛的 Computational Social Science 中也存在影响,需要加以反思和解决。

英文摘要:

In this paper, we engage with and expand on the keynote talk about the Right to Audit given by Prof. Christian Sandvig at the IC2S2 2021 through a critical reflection on power asymmetries in the algorithm auditing field. We elaborate on the challenges and asymmetries mentioned by Sandvig - such as those related to legal issues and the disparity between early-career and senior researchers. We also contribute a discussion of the asymmetries that were not covered by Sandvig but that we find critically important: those related to other disparities between researchers, incentive structures related to the access to data from companies, targets of auditing and users and their rights. We also discuss the implications these asymmetries have for algorithm auditing research such as the Western-centrism and the lack of the diversity of perspectives. While we focus on the field of algorithm auditing specifically, we suggest some of the discussed asymmetries affect Computational Social Science more generally and need to be reflected on and addressed.

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