Comment by contravariant
2 months ago
In theory the decision to put those biases in the code should be public information. You can ask for the criteria the software was made to, just not the software itself.
Though rulings like this might have a chilling effect.
Only if they are written down. For instance, DOGE makes sure everything is done by voice so there is nothing to catch them out on in future. I've found that once you start hitting a public body with FOIAs regularly they learn to stop putting incriminating things down in writing.