Algorithms in the public domain: parents' fears and expectations about invisible and super-visible children

Algorithms and data-driven technologies are increasingly used in the public domain, despite unevenness in public trust, as many know from the UK’s A-levels algorithms fiasco. Research on the consequences of automated decision-making calls for a people-centred approach, critically querying datasets and data traces. Indeed, families and households increasingly are data. For www.parenting.digital, Prof Ranjana Das discusses her research on how parents feel about algorithms.