Daniel Nazer on Nostr: Until today I'd never heard of the Horizon scandal in the UK - hundreds of people ...
Until today I'd never heard of the Horizon scandal in the UK - hundreds of people falsely convicted thanks to faulty accounting software used by the Post Office
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56718036
Very similar to the Robodebt scheme in Australia, where thousands of people were falsely accused of owing money to the government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54970253
In both cases it took years for authorities to accept the software was defective.
I'm sure things will be fine as we give software even more autonomy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56718036
Very similar to the Robodebt scheme in Australia, where thousands of people were falsely accused of owing money to the government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54970253
In both cases it took years for authorities to accept the software was defective.
I'm sure things will be fine as we give software even more autonomy.