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However, there is a downfall to the use of machine learning: the "black box effect." But, with many machine learning algorithms, it is extremely difficult to look inside an algorithm to ascertain why a certain result was returned. Although far from perfect, this local interpretability is able to explain why a certain prediction was made "by learning an interpretable model locally around the prediction." In April 2016, the European Union's Parliament passed a set of regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that gives a "right to explain" to citizens and regulators regarding algorithmic decision making.