Algorithms of Oppression

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by Safiya Umoja Noble


  White Europeans, 94, 98

  white supremacists, 11, 42, 96, 112; Council of Conservative Citizens, 117; Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), 111–12, 116–18; Stormfront, 172

  Winant, Howard, 80

  Winner, Langdon, 89

  Witzel, Amy, 134

  women and women’s rights: equal employment, 2; search results, 4, 24, 38. See also racism and sexism

  Wordze, 87

  Writers’ Rights (Cohen), 154

  Xanthoulis, Napoleon, 128

  Yahoo!, 25, 149; pro-Nazi memorabilia French lawsuit, 45

  Yelp, 85, 173; advertising effect, 176–78; algorithm control, 12, 175–76, 178–79; communities of color, 175–76; locking out or blocking reviews, 177, 200n4; photographs or maps, 177–78; users as clients, 176

  YouTube, 86; content screening, 56; hate comments, 5; video of Google’s personal information storage, 125

  Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 159

  Zimmerman, George, 111

  Zittrain, Jonathan, 45

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Safiya Umoja Noble is Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She also holds appointments in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender Studies, and Education. Noble is the co-editor of two books, The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Culture and Class Online and Emotions, Technology & Design.

 

 

 


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