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Domain4. Malicious Actors & MisuseThe broad risk area this belongs to.
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Political harms emerge when “people are disenfranchised and deprived of appropriate political power and influence” [186, p. 162]. These harms focus on the domain of government, and focus on how algorithmic systems govern through individualized nudges or micro-directives [187], that may destabilize governance systems, erode human rights, be used as weapons of war [188], and enact surveillant regimes that disproportionately target and harm people of color
Domain4. Malicious Actors & Misuse
Subdomain4.1 > Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
Entity3 - Other
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategorySocietal System Harms
SubcategoryCivic and political harms
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Included resource
Sociotechnical Harms of Algorithmic Systems: Scoping a Taxonomy for Harm Reduction
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