‘A sweatshop in the UK’: how the cost of living crisis triggered walkouts at Amazon
Inside the protests taking place at the online giant which is accused of exploiting workers and awarding derisory pay offers
New Research Report: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
Although data systems are rapidly rolled out in the public sector and state-citizen relations become increasingly automated, there is little public knowledge about these developments, with few possibilities to intervene into, and participate in, decisions about the use of data systems. How, then, do we advance people’s voice in the deployment of data and AI? How do we democratise datafied governance?
Babylon Disrupted the UK’s Health System. Then It Left
The AI-powered online doctor app is ditching its controversial NHS contracts as it focuses on the US market.
A Sociotechnical Audit: Assessing Police use of Facial Recognition
In this report, researchers develop “minimum ethical and legal standards” for the governance of facial recognition technology and test them on three British police deployments – with all three failing.
Uk digital poverty evidence review 2022
Comprehensive review of digital poverty in the UK
DWP using machine algorithm to decide whether people should receive universal credit
Warnings vulnerable people in danger of being ‘unfairly penalised’ by AI system
Silkie Carlo on Twitter
🚨NEWS: after the Met spent massive resources in central London on Saturday using live facial recognition cameras all day, scanning *36,420* people’s faces, guess what the outcome was?0 correct matches1 wrong match, requiring a member of the public to prove their innocence 🥴 https://t.co/gKDtT0Jjp5— Silkie Carlo (@silkiecarlo) July 18, 2022
The tension between the promises and realities of data use in health and social care
A partnership with the Health Foundation to study the relationships between data-driven systems and inequalities in health
Sadiq Khan faces legal challenge over traffic camera surveillance
Mayor’s decision to give police access to more data described as ‘gargantuan increase of surveillance in London’
Police want travel card data to track suspicious rail passengers | The Times
Police should be able to monitor passengers who spend hours on the railway network in case they are pickpockets or sex offenders — or are in need of help — a chief constable has said. Lucy D’Orsi, the head of the British Transport Police,...
Monish Bhatia on Twitter
(1/7) Home Office is now introducing facial recognition smart watches to monitor foreign nationals who have completed their sentences and released back into the community. Lucy Audibert (@privacyint) and I clearly explain as to why this is problematic and must be challenged. pic.twitter.com/1h5KrwLa38— Monish Bhatia (@DrMonishBhatia) August 5, 2022
Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK
Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day