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U.K. Government’s “Pre-crime” AI Sparks Civil Liberties Debate

by Willow Tohi | Natural News The U.K. government is developing an AI-driven “homicide prediction” system that analyzes personal data — including ethnicity, mental health and past police interactions — to identify potential future murderers, drawing comparisons to sci-fi film “Minority Report.” The system aggregates sensitive personal data from crime victims, witnesses and non-convicted individuals, raising concerns about racial profiling, wrongful targeting and erosion of civil liberties. Advocacy groups warn it could criminalize vulnerable people preemptively. Experts compare the project to flawed U.S. predictive policing tools (e.g., NYPD’s CompStat), citing bias, inaccuracy and disproportionate harm to marginalized communities. Past attempts, like […]
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Digital ID Dangers: Whistleblower Alleges Massive Security Failures in UK’s Digital ID System

by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net UK’s digital ID scheme, GOV.UK One Login, allegedly contains a host of serious vulnerabilities affecting security and data protection, that are “built in” and present in the system since its launch. These claims come from a whistleblower, a security expert who worked for the Government Digital Service (GDS, a part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology). The most grave consequences stemming from the flaws – that the whistleblower first pointed out through proper channels in 2022, only to be ignored – would include data breaches. Read Full Article >
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