Fair Personalization
L. Elisa Celis, Nisheeth K. Vishnoi

TL;DR
This paper introduces a rigorous algorithmic framework that enables control over biased or discriminatory personalization based on sensitive user attributes, balancing fairness with personalization benefits.
Contribution
It proposes a novel framework to mitigate bias in personalization algorithms without sacrificing their effectiveness.
Findings
Framework effectively controls bias related to sensitive attributes.
Balances fairness and personalization benefits.
Provides a basis for regulatory compliant algorithms.
Abstract
Personalization is pervasive in the online space as, when combined with learning, it leads to higher efficiency and revenue by allowing the most relevant content to be served to each user. However, recent studies suggest that such personalization can propagate societal or systemic biases, which has led to calls for regulatory mechanisms and algorithms to combat inequality. Here we propose a rigorous algorithmic framework that allows for the possibility to control biased or discriminatory personalization with respect to sensitive attributes of users without losing all of the benefits of personalization.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAdvanced Bandit Algorithms Research · Recommender Systems and Techniques · Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
