Ethical issues in control by algorithms: the user is the content Articles uri icon

publication date

  • September 2023

start page

  • 352

end page

  • 358

issue

  • 5

volume

  • 50

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0943-7444

abstract

  • In this paper we discuss some ethical issues and challenges of the use of algorithms on the web from the perspective of knowledge organization. We review some of the problems that these algorithms and the filter bubbles pose for the users. We contextualize these issues within the user-based approaches to knowledge organization in a larger sense. We review some of the technologies that have been developed to counter these problems as well as initiatives from the knowledge organization field. We conclude with the necessity of adopting a critical and ethical stance towards the use of algorithms on the web and the need for an education in knowledge organization that addresses these issues.

subjects

  • Library Science and Documentation

keywords

  • ethics; algorithms; user; content