Apr 15, 2017Single source
Facebook Reportedly Outed Sex Workers through Friend Recommendations
Rogue: Caused harmAI loose in the worldData exfiltrationDERIVED
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Facebook's "People You May Know" feature reportedly outed sex workers by recommending clients to their personal accounts or family members to their business accounts with no option to opt out.
What this means for youAt home, a friend-suggestion feature can reveal who you know or a side of your life you kept private. At work, people with sensitive or separate professional identities should review how linked accounts and contact uploads are shared. In government, privacy regulators look at whether such features need opt-outs.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/408
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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