Predictive policing systems exacerbate racism and discrimination against people from lower socio-economic groups.

ORG supports Amnesty in calling for predictive policing systems to be BANNED.

Sign the petition to #StopAutomatedRacism TODAY

#policing #police #precrime #predictivepolicing #codedbias #ukpolitics #ukpol

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/ban-predictive-policing

AI is rapidly expanding into all areas of public life.

Automated systems will be commonplace in making decisions that can entrench discrimination and inequality.

Join us in pushing back against this dangerous threat to your rights in the UK by signing our petition

#DUABill #DataBill #dataprotection #AI #gdpr #privacy #codedbias #ukpolitics

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ai-says-no-tell-keir-starmer-that-people-not-machines-should-oversee-life-changing-decisions

Without oversight or strong data rights, facial recognition will further embed discriminatio if the #DataGrabBill becomes law.

Accuracy diminishes when the subject is a person of colour and the younger the person is, disproportionately misidentifying young Black men.

#HandsOffOurData #DataGrabBill #GDPR #DPDIBill #dataprotection #privacy #ukpolitics #facialrecognition #codedbias #ai #surveillance

https://www.amnesty.ca/surveillance/racial-bias-in-facial-recognition-algorithms/

"The UK government has bungled what could have been an opportunity for real global AI leadership due to the Summit’s limited scope and invitees.

The agenda’s focus on future, apocalyptic risks belies the fact that government bodies and institutions in the UK are already deploying AI and automated decision-making in ways that are exposing citizens to error and bias on a massive scale."

ORG's @abigail

Data is being scraped from innocent citizens to build predictive profiles of criminality.

Entrenched in these models are racialised assumptions that've long perpetuated institutionalised racism in the criminal justice system.

#precrime #policing #facialrecognition #codedbias

Find out more

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/resist-pre-crime/

Predictive policing technologies have received incredibly little scrutiny considering the harms they're causing and inequalities they're exacerbating.

We urge UK local authorities to take a beat and consider the utility, harm and trajectory of using this predictive policing tech and automated policing before procuring it.

At the very least we expect transparent and wide public consultation when the stakes are so high.

Automated technology frequently contains inherent biases.

The use of algorithms for moderation creates a clear risk that the screening systems will disproportionately block content relating to or posted by minority ethnic or religious groups.

Decisions on illegality won't be made by the courts, but by private providers with broad discretion.

Vast amounts of content are posted every day, so picking out 'illegal' content will be done by faulty algorithms.

Civil society groups say the use of sensitive metrics is exacerbating discrimination in policing.

See for yourself with this predictive policing tool from Fair Trials.

13/15

#policing #precrime #codedbias #PredictivePolicing

https://www.fairtrials.org/predictive-policing/

UK #Police have algorithms analysing huge amounts of information, using discriminatory factors like ‘cramped houses’ and ‘jobs with high turnover’ to predict someone's likelihood to commit a crime.

See Liberty's factsheet on #PredictivePolicing

12/15

#policing #precrime #codedbias

https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/predictive-policing/#:~:text=Police%20are%20using%20discriminatory%20computer,who%20the%20victims%20might%20be