Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide | Ars Technica

According to the FTC's complaint, "Amazon recognizes the importance of maintaining the perception that it has lower prices than competitors," but that Amazon designed Project Nessie specifically "to deter other online stores from offering lower prices than those of Amazon." 

 In a press release, the FTC confirmed that it intends to prove that Amazon is "stifling competition on price," among other alleged consumer harms. 

 "Amazon's far-reaching schemes impact hundreds of billions of dollars in retail sales every year, touch hundreds of thousands of products sold by businesses big and small, and affect over a hundred million shoppers," the FTC's press release said. 

 "Seldom in the history of US antitrust law has one case had the potential to do so much good for so many people," John Newman, the deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, said…

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/

No, Michigan didn't use an algorithm to manipulate 2020 election results - PolitiFact

... his analysis disregards registered voters who were added after that date — which was one month before Election Day — and the ballots they cast. Indeed, Frank acknowledges that his analysis of turnout and ballots cast counts only those who he says were registered by October. He refers to the other ballots as "unregistered ballots," and alleges that these were "injected" at the last minute. But voters in Michigan can register to vote right up through and on Election Day, and thousands took advantage of this right in the November 2020 election. Election officials check to make sure that every ballot cast belongs to a registered voter and that every voter only votes once...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/16/douglas-frank/no-evidence-michigan-used-algorithm-manipulate-ele/

ICE changed an algorithm to prevent the release of detainees — Quartz

Last week, the Bronx Defenders and New York Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in New York federal district court against local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities. They allege that the agency adjusted the algorithm it uses to decide when someone should be released on bond. Now, detainees being held on civil immigration offenses overwhelmingly remain in custody even when they pose no flight or public safety risk and regardless of medical conditions.....
https://qz.com/1815063/ice-changed-an-algorithm-to-prevent-the-release-of-detainees/

Twitter reportedly won't use an algorithm to crack down on white supremacists because some GOP politicians could end up getting banned too - Business Insider:

A possible algorithm that could allow Twitter to more effectively crack down on Neo-Nazi and white supremacist content could report and suspend accounts of Republican politicians, Vice's tech news site, Motherboard reported...
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-algorithm-crackdown-white-supremacy-gop-politicians-report-2019-4