*DIGITAL STAR CHAMBER** **Algorithms are producing profiles of you. What do they say? You probably don’t have the right to know** * Frank Pasquale is a professor of law at the University of Maryland and a specialist on challenges posed to information law by technology. His book, The Black Box Society (2015), develops a social theory of reputation, search, and finance. In a recent podcast series called Instaserfs, a former Uber driver named Mansour gave a chilling description of the new, computer-mediated workplace. First, the company tried to persuade him to take a predatory loan to buy a new car. Apparently a number cruncher deemed him at high risk of defaulting. Second, Uber would never respond in person to him – it just sent text messages and emails. This style of supervision was a series of take-it-or-leave-it ultimatums – a digital boss coded in advance. […] Continua qui: http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/judge-jury-and-executioner-the-unaccounta...