AI Forensics is a European non-profit that audits influential and opaque algorithms to hold major technology platforms accountable. The organization conducts independent, high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose harms caused by algorithms on platforms including TikTok, YouTube, Meta, X, and Grok. They develop their own adversarial auditing tools using methods such as sock-puppeting, scraping, and user data donation, and release them as free software to empower the research community. Their data-driven findings are provided to journalists, researchers, and policymakers to inform regulatory enforcement, particularly under the EU Digital Services Act.
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AI Forensics believes that algorithms wielded by major technology platforms should be submitted to public examination. By conducting independent adversarial audits of these opaque systems, developing free software tools that democratize algorithmic auditing, and providing timely, data-driven evidence to journalists, researchers, regulators, and policymakers, they create accountability pressure that drives regulatory enforcement (particularly under the EU Digital Services Act) and behavioral change by platforms. Their work strengthens the broader AI audit ecosystem, enabling a wider community of digital watchdogs to hold platforms accountable for algorithmic harms including disinformation, discrimination, and exploitation.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC
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- Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC