Combatting the code : regulating automated government decision-making in comparative context / Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University, Victoria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Yee-Fui, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law--Technological innovations.

Administrative law.

Public administration--Technological innovations.

Public administration.

Public law--Technological innovations.

Public law.

Internet in public administration--Law and legislation.

Internet in public administration.

Data protection--Law and legislation.

Data protection.

Tecnology and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Across the world, governments are grappling with the regulatory burden of managing their citizens' daily lives. Driven by cost-cutting and efficiency goals, they have turned to artificial intelligence and automation to assist in high-volume decision-making. Yet the implementation of these technologies has caused significant harm and major scandals. Combatting the Code analyzes the judicial, political, managerial, and regulatory controls for automated government decision-making in three Western liberal democracies: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Yee-Fui Ng develops a technological governance framework of ex ante and ex post controls within an interlinking network of horizontal and vertical accountability mechanisms, which aims to prevent future disasters and safeguard vulnerable individuals subject to automated technologies. Ng provides recommendations for regulators and policymakers seeking to design automated governance systems that will promote higher standards of accountability, transparency, and fairness.

Contents:

Technology and Public Law

Automation, Surveillance, and the Administrative State

Legal Frameworks

Rationality

Anti-Discrimination

Public Sector Privacy and Data Protection

Freedom of Information

Scrutiny and Auditing

Towards a Framework for Technological Governance.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Mar 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-59922-4

1-009-59923-2

1-009-59920-8

OCLC:

1511745742