GLOSSARY WORD DESCRIPTION ALGORITHMS “Algorithmic systems” are understood as applications that, often using mathematical optimisation techniques, perform one or more tasks such as gathering, combining, cleaning, sorting, classifying and inferring data, as well as selection, prioritisation, the making of recommendations and decision making. Relying on one or more algorithms to fulfill their requirements in the settings in which they are applied, algorithmic systems automate activities in a way that allows the creation of adaptive services at scale and in real time.1 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR “AI” There is no widely accepted definition of the term “artificial intelligence” or “AI”. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights uses the term to refer to a constellation of processes and technologies enabling computers to complement or replace specific tasks otherwise performed by humans, such as making decisions and solving problems, including machine learning and deep learning.2 CONTENT MODERATION “Content moderation” refers to social media platforms’ oversight and enforcement of platform rules in relation to permissible and prohibited forms of expression. It can include actions such as the detection, demotion and removal of content which violates platform rules. FACEBOOK PAPERS A cache of internal Meta documents which were disclosed by whistle-blower Frances Haugen to the US Congress in October 2021.3 IIFFMM The United Nations’ Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. OECD GUIDELINES OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, “Appendix to Recommendation CM/Rec (2020)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems”, 8 April 2020, para. A.2. 2 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), “The right to privacy in the digital age”, 15 September 2021, A/HRC/48/31, fn 2. 3 For further information on the Facebook Papers, see: https://facebookpapers.com/ 1 THE SOCIAL ATROCITY META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA Amnesty International 5