Social sorting

<p>Social sorting is understood as the breakdown and categorization of group- or person-related raw data into various categories and segments by data manipulators and <a href="/facts/Data_broker/HJgFMDdL">data brokers</a>. Social sorting involves the key task of separating one group from the other. These groups can be based on <a href="/facts/Income/T1B63U7z">income</a>, <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a>, <a href="/facts/Race_(human_categorization)/cDPnrdXn">race</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethnicity/XSp5l24t">ethnicity</a>, <a href="/facts/Gender/LfjRHcJy">gender</a>, <a href="/facts/Job/7KFjXtkK">occupation</a>, <a href="/facts/Social_status/X5j4NvxM">social status</a>, derived power (social and political) and geographic residence. Depending on the goals of the manipulator raw data is collected and then further evolves into meaningful data in order to be exploited for a specific purpose. For example, the formulation of <a href="/facts/Profiling_(information_science)/RJCnk2Yg">profiling</a> and <a href="/facts/Predictive_policing/NczVmzv5">predictive policing</a> are all derivations of social sorting.
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Social sorting