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We’re suing the federal government to be free to do our research

  • Written by Christo Wilson, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University
imageThe LinkedIn Terms of Service include elements that prevent scholars from doing research on the site's algorithms.Screenshot of LinkedIn.com

Many apps and algorithms that feature prominently in our lives are, essentially, black boxes: We have no idea how they accomplish what they do; we just know they work. Or at least we think we do. Most recently...

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