§ 13. Orders of an Algorithmic Association

This page accompanies the German section § 13. Ordnungen eines algorithmischen Verbandes. Algorithmic associations are stabilized by internal orders: access, data, training, use, moderation, sanction, and explanation. These orders may be legal, technical, organizational, or cultural, and they define what counts as normal participation and what counts as deviation.

Access orders decide who can participate. Data orders decide which traces are collected, classified, excluded, or reused. Training and use orders shape model development and permissible practice. Moderation and sanction orders set limits of visibility and participation. Explanation orders decide when an output must be justified, to whom, and in what language.

The paragraph connects the problem of closure in § 10 to the governance problem in § 14: once internal orders become consequential, they require internal administration and external control.