Yet another confirmation that #Robodebt was illegal. The Government must urgently pay back the thousands of false debts it made people pay.
#NotMyDebt #auspol
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6617248/government-told-robodebt-not-lawful-internal-emails-show/?cs=14350

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Landmark ruling by Dutch court stops government attempts to spy on the poor - UN expert

"The litigation revolved around a tool called “System Risk Indication” (SyRI) [which] employs a hidden algorithmic risk model and has been exclusively targeted at neighborhoods with mostly low-income and minority residents" to predict benefit fraud

( #SyRI https://www.asser.nl/about-the-institute/asser-today/interview-curtailing-the-surveillance-state-anticipating-the-syri-case-judgment/ )

👉https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25522&LangID=E

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