
Algorithmic Transparency Institute
The Algorithmic Transparency Institute builds technology, gathers data, and generates insights to support research, journalism, and advocacy organizations.
Washington, DC
a project to improve the transparency behind Facebook’s algorithms
Our mission is to help researchers assess how current filtering mechanisms work and how personalization algorithms should be modified in order to minimize the dangerous social effects.
Parent organization: Tracking Exposed


The Algorithmic Transparency Institute builds technology, gathers data, and generates insights to support research, journalism, and advocacy organizations.

A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
A 3-day interdisciplinary workshop bringing together researchers in algorithmic fairness.

What if every AI analysis of public data came with a verifiable evidence record?