Identifying discriminatory patterns in online ad data
We're teaming up with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society to bring you the winners from the recent ADM+S Dark Ads Hackathon.
In late September, the ADM+S Dark Ads Hackathon brought together academics, government, and consumer rights organisations to examine issues and propose solutions relating to online advertising.
The winning team used three large datasets to identify discriminatory patterns such as price discrimination or proxy discrimination — where targeting based on one attribute (like geographic location) creates discrimination based on another such as income, race or cultural background.
The datasets included the ADM+S Australian Ad Observatory dataset (500,000+ ads donated by 2,000 Australian Facebook users), Facebook’s WAIST (why am I seeing this?) data, and statistical data associated with postcodes.
The team will discuss the tools they developed, patterns already found, and plans for future work and development of their idea.
This discussion will be moderated by co-lead of the ADM+S Dark Ads project and hackathon, and Hacks/Hackers Brisbane member, Professor Daniel Angus.
Event details
When: Friday, November 25
Time: 5pm for 5:30pm start
Where: Foyer of the ABC building, South Bank
Please RSVP via our Meetup page
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