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Here’s How You Can Find Underrated Films Without Using an Algorithm

You can access it by clicking the “All” button next to IMDb search and selecting “Advanced Search.” The advanced search filter lets you filter by the type of media (movie or TV movie), the release ...
KEYT

FTC weighs sweeping new rules on ‘commercial surveillance’ and Big Data

The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to write sweeping new regulations that could restrict how businesses collect and use consumer data, hinting at a possible crackdown on commercial ...
The Hill

Who’s watching Big Tech? The dangers of using algorithms to fight extremism

Fifteen years ago, in the wake of the subway bombings in London, the United Kingdom was awakened to the danger of domestic terrorism and scrambled to address it. By August 2005, within a month of the ...
Commercial Observer

Feds Open Inquiry into Rent-Pricing Algorithm

As politicians ask regulators to turn up the heat on data firm RealPage, the Department of Justice has opened an antitrust investigation into the use of its YieldStar software, ProPublica reported ...
Commercial Observer

Rent-Setting Algorithms Could Exacerbate Rising Rents: Report

Why is the rent so high? The secret is in the sauce. The software uses an algorithm, with inputs from a variety of market-specific data sets, to price apartment rents in order to remove the guesswork ...