Algorithmic Suppression: Is LinkedIn’s Algorithm Biased Against Women? A Legal and Technical Analysis

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/algorithmic-suppression-linkedins-algorithm-biased-against-redstone-igt8e/
D&I
Issue #473
2 Nov 2025
Thought provoking article from brainfooder Martyn Redstone, who adds thoughts to an experiment performed by another brainfooder Dorothy Dalton, who tested distribution of content on LinkedIn via different accounts. ‘Plausible’ is the right word here, and the explainer of ‘proxy bias’ is excellent. The world to date has been very far from equitable and if AI is trained on data from that world, then the future won’t be either. Have a read