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Welcome to the algorithm apocalypse: how tech is turning our lives into a numbers game Instagram sparked outrage with plans to reorder our feeds using automated algorithms. But why are we surprised?

Experts have called on the Government to audit the algorithms used by technology and financial companies to avoid chaos. Professor Edward Tsang, director of the Centre for Computational Finance and ...