When an Israeli farmer declared war on an algorithm
Follow Jan. 11, 2021 A tax dispute between a ranch in Israel’s southern Negev desert and the country’s tax authority has given rise to an issue which could have far reaching repercussions on the public’s ability to oversee and even understand government acts. The issue, currently being debated in the Justice Ministry, is whether a software or its source code can be seen as “information” the authorities are obliged to disclose to the public. The story began in 2014 when the farm Har Shemesh, which is not part of any community, asked the Tax Authority to explain how it had calculated ...
Source: haaretz.com