US youth activists fight for ‘algorithmic justice’
‘These youth are amazing — and they recognise just like they did with climate — that adults have failed’
17 June 2021 - 15:46
Los Angeles — Sneha Revanur, a 16-year-old student from California, is on a mission to do for digital rights what Greta Thunberg’s movement has done for the climate fight: put young activists on the front lines.
Revanur founded youth digital rights group Encode Justice in 2020 after joining a successful campaign against state plans to use an algorithm to set prisoners’ bail terms — a system that critics said was racially biased...
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