From June 11 to 13, the live edition of MozFest House will take place in Amsterdam for its second time. The iconic tech festival gathers experts in technology, journalism, activism, and art under the theme ‘Togetherness and Solidarity’ to discuss pressing issues such as responsible AI, disinformation, and the future of democracy.
MozFest House: Amsterdam hosts dozens of interactive and engaging workshops, roundtables, and installations. There is something for everyone, from educators and technologists to artists and policy makers.
We know that bias is human, even if it’s unconscious, it’s there. These biases can become embedded into algorithms where they remain undetected until much later in the design cycle or sometimes even after it has been launched into the market. Ifeoma Ozoma made a thought-provoking point: “The bias can be towards inclusivity or [exclusivity] and unfortunately now we have the latter and not the former... I think we can have automated bias (because that’s what it will always be as long as humans are building it - bias), but in a more inclusive way that is thoughtful of the impact or harm on certain communities.”
On June 29, Meta announced transparency and research-related updates for Facebook and Instagram: more details on their ranking system for content in “Feed, Reels, Stories and other surfaces”, improvements to user controls of their feed, and tools for public interest research.
