If you’ve ever worked for an on-demand app platform, or for Amazon, or even as an independent contractor at all in the last few years, there’s a good chance that you’ve been discriminated against — by ...

Senior and student discounts don’t tend to be controversial, but mortgage concessions that favor males over females, “pink taxes” on women’s personal care items and dating apps that charge older users ...

People are less morally outraged when gender discrimination occurs because of an algorithm rather than direct human involvement, according to new research. People are less morally outraged when gender ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — In New York, the proposed Preventing Algorithmic Pricing Discrimination Act would hamstring programs that set unfair prices using personal data. Democratic Bronx ...

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the online retailer was illegally maintaining a monopoly. Much of the FTC’s complaint against Amazon was redacted, but The Wall ...

Amazon's algorithm is the backbone of the company's online retail success. It is responsible for the search results that customers see when they type in a keyword. The algorithm is similar to Google's ...