FIFA VAR System Shows High-Tech Surveillance Without Real Accountability
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zeynep tufekci@zeynepTECH
The FIFA VAR as preview into advancing algorithmic governance in practice outside of the China context: highly-surveillant and high-tech (ball sensor, graphs, etc.) accompanied by a form of transparency (replays, etc.) but without accountability—thus still essentially a blackbox. https://twitter.com/florianederer/status/2074545626382299512
zeynep tufekci@zeynepTECH
This isn’t same-old, same-old (no need to explain FIFA, thank you) but also not a straightforward extension of technology for more precise measurement. The recent MLB changes are example of another path, but I think FIFA VAR model is the expected outcome (generally, not sports).