Digital Distortions and Interpretive Choices: A Cartographic Perspective on Encoding Regulation
This article analyses ‘digital distortions’ in Rules as Code, which refer to disconnects between regulation and code that arise from interpretive choices in the encoding process.
The article explores how translating legal and regulatory rules into computer code (Rules as Code) can create “digital distortions” due to interpretive decisions made during the coding process.
Using a cartographic framework and a case study of the Australian ePayments Code, it demonstrates that such encoding is inherently interpretive rather than neutral, emphasizing the need for transparent documentation of coding choices to maintain accountability and adaptability as regulations and technologies change.
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