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Coded Bias

6.920201h 26m12MovieDocumentary

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.

DirectorShalini Kantayya
WriterShalini Kantayya
ProducerShalini Kantayya

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Shalini Kantayya

JBJoy Buolamwini
Joy Buolamwini
Self
CO
Cathy O'Neil
Self
MB
Meredith Broussard
Self
SCSilkie Carlo
Silkie Carlo
Self
VE
Virginia Eubanks
Self
RNRavi Naik
Ravi Naik
Self
SN
Safiya Umoja Noble
Self
ZT
Zeynep Tufekci
Self
JJJim Jordan
Jim Jordan
Self

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Coded Bias is streaming on Netflix in United Kingdom as of October 2026.

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