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Transparent to whom? No algorithmic accountability without a critical audience

Jakko KemperAmsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daan KolkmanJheronimus Academy of Data Science, Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Pages 2081-2096 | Received 04 Oct 2017, Accepted 11 May 2018, Published online: 18 Jun 2018

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