Beyond Fairness: Trans Unliveability in European Algorithmic Assemblages

Christoffer Koch Andersen
Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, PMLR 294:295-302, 2025.

Abstract

The implementation of algorithmic technologies in Europe is intended to streamline identification, verification and security measures. In reality, they automate surveillance, exclusion and violence towards bodies that do not fit the encoded binarity of gender underpinning algorithms, which exposes trans bodies in particular to heightened forms of algorithmic violence. This paper argues that (1) trans people and their liveability are subjected to disproportionate violence perpetuated by European algorithmic assemblages, (2) that the concept of ‘fairness’ is inadequate to address the intimate facets of algorithmic violence embedded within these algorithmic assemblages, and (3) that the crucial aspect of liveability has been neglected by most scholarship - altogether placing trans lives at serious risk of aggravated violence and unliveability in Europe.

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BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v294-andersen25a, title = {Beyond Fairness: Trans Unliveability in European Algorithmic Assemblages}, author = {Andersen, Christoffer Koch}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness}, pages = {295--302}, year = {2025}, editor = {Weerts, Hilde and Pechenizkiy, Mykola and Allhutter, Doris and Corrêa, Ana Maria and Grote, Thomas and Liem, Cynthia}, volume = {294}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, month = {30 Jun--02 Jul}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlresearch/v294/main/assets/andersen25a/andersen25a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/andersen25a.html}, abstract = {The implementation of algorithmic technologies in Europe is intended to streamline identification, verification and security measures. In reality, they automate surveillance, exclusion and violence towards bodies that do not fit the encoded binarity of gender underpinning algorithms, which exposes trans bodies in particular to heightened forms of algorithmic violence. This paper argues that (1) trans people and their liveability are subjected to disproportionate violence perpetuated by European algorithmic assemblages, (2) that the concept of ‘fairness’ is inadequate to address the intimate facets of algorithmic violence embedded within these algorithmic assemblages, and (3) that the crucial aspect of liveability has been neglected by most scholarship - altogether placing trans lives at serious risk of aggravated violence and unliveability in Europe.} }
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%0 Conference Paper %T Beyond Fairness: Trans Unliveability in European Algorithmic Assemblages %A Christoffer Koch Andersen %B Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness %C Proceedings of Machine Learning Research %D 2025 %E Hilde Weerts %E Mykola Pechenizkiy %E Doris Allhutter %E Ana Maria Corrêa %E Thomas Grote %E Cynthia Liem %F pmlr-v294-andersen25a %I PMLR %P 295--302 %U https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/andersen25a.html %V 294 %X The implementation of algorithmic technologies in Europe is intended to streamline identification, verification and security measures. In reality, they automate surveillance, exclusion and violence towards bodies that do not fit the encoded binarity of gender underpinning algorithms, which exposes trans bodies in particular to heightened forms of algorithmic violence. This paper argues that (1) trans people and their liveability are subjected to disproportionate violence perpetuated by European algorithmic assemblages, (2) that the concept of ‘fairness’ is inadequate to address the intimate facets of algorithmic violence embedded within these algorithmic assemblages, and (3) that the crucial aspect of liveability has been neglected by most scholarship - altogether placing trans lives at serious risk of aggravated violence and unliveability in Europe.
APA
Andersen, C.K.. (2025). Beyond Fairness: Trans Unliveability in European Algorithmic Assemblages. Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 294:295-302 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v294/andersen25a.html.

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