#Algorithms
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- The Machine's Word Convicts You: 900 Prosecutions on a Ledger Fujitsu Could Secretly EditThe UK Post Office prosecuted more than 900 subpostmasters on Horizon accounting data between 1999 and 2015. Fujitsu engineers could alter that data remotely, without the accused knowing. The Post Office swore to courts it couldn't — for fifteen years. Undoing it took a High Court judge, a mass-quashing Act of Parliament, a statutory inquiry, and a TV drama.
- The Robodebt Kill Chain: 12 Letters, 13 Phone Calls, and a Dead ManAustralia's automated debt recovery system sent 433,000 unlawful debts. Rhys Cauzzo got 12 letters and made 13 phone calls. Jenny Miller fought for 8 years. 663 people died.