Yes, but when computers do things that humans do there is simply less human oversight. If a human is taking action to enforce a policy that will harm other people, there's the chance that he'll resist it or raise awareness.

If an algorithm does it, there's no final line of defense. And software is easy to scapegoat because it's murky. You can claim "we didn't know the algorithm would do that," but it's harder to scapegoat your employees when there's emails on record showing you specifically told them to enact a social harm.