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UK is going full Minority Report with ‘murder prediction’ research
The Guardian reported that the UK's Ministry of Justice has been developing an algorithm designed to identify people who could become killers.
Initially dubbed the "homicide prediction project," this tool used data from UK police forces, possibly including victims and witnesses as well as suspects. Different categories of information shared with the Ministry of Justice appeared to also cover sensitive topics such as mental health, addiction, suicide and disability. "This latest model, which uses data from our institutionally racist police and Home Office, will reinforce and magnify the structural discrimination underpinning the criminal legal system."
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