nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220402-131142-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220402s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220402-131142-0 doi eng 342 23 Valdivia, Ana Author aut The Paradox of Efficiency: Frictions Between Law and Algorithms Valdivia, Ana Verfassungsblog 2022-04-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On the 13th of January 2022, a Spanish Administrative court ruled in favour of algorithmic opacity. Fundación Civio, an independent foundation that monitors and accounts public authorities, reported that an algorithm used by the government was committing errors. BOSCO, the name of the application which contained the algorithm, was implemented by the Spanish public administration to more efficiently identify citizens eligible for grants to pay electricity bills. Meanwhile, Civio designed a web app to inform citizens whether they would be entitled for this grant. CC BY-SA 4.0 Algorithmic Efficiency Algorithmic Justice Rule of Law Rule of the Algorithm de la Cueva, Javier Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/roa-the-paradox-of-efficiency/ raw object