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title: What is Algorithmic Transparency
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## How do we define _algoirthmic transparency?_
## Defining _algoirthmic transparency_
_Suggested time: 5 minutes_

**Algorithmic transparency** is the principle that information about decisions made by algorithms should be visible to those who use, regulate, and are affected by the systems that employ those algorithms. Algorithmic transparency should enable the monitoring, checking, criticism, or intervention by interested parties. Generally, algorithmic transparency _is about the human understanding of algorithms_ <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/data-and-policy/article/think-about-the-stakeholders-first-toward-an-algorithmic-transparency-playbook-for-regulatory-compliance/10D7F194DB250DDF3A30471B5CEB9326" target="_blank">(Bell, Nov, Stoyanovich 2023)</a>.
**Algorithmic transparency** is the principle that information about decisions made by algorithms should be visible to those who use, regulate, and are affected by the systems that employ those algorithms. Algorithmic transparency should enable the monitoring, checking, criticism, or intervention by interested parties. In this course, we use the following broad definition:

> **Algorithmic transparency** is about the human understanding of algorithms_<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/data-and-policy/article/think-about-the-stakeholders-first-toward-an-algorithmic-transparency-playbook-for-regulatory-compliance/10D7F194DB250DDF3A30471B5CEB9326" target="_blank">(Bell, Nov, Stoyanovich 2023)</a>.
Note that there is no single there is no single definition for algorithmic transparency. The definition we provide here is an amalgamation from Policy Briefs on algorithmic transparency and academic work. The definition is intentionally very broad, and can represent multiple meanings.

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## What are some examples of algorithmic transparency?
## Examples of algorithmic transparency in the wild

Algorithms have completely profileated the public and private sector, and ultimately our lives. Algorithms determine which movies are recommended to us on Netflix, what pages are at seen at the top of your Google search result, and even makes recommendations on what word we should type next in a text message. Many of these algorithms are not transparent, but here are 3 examples of algorithmic systems that _do_ have transparency in the wild:

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