Predictive policing has exposed a new group of future criminals: MEPs. A new testing systems has spotlighted five EU politicians as at risk of committing future crimes. Luckily for them, its not a tool thats used by law enforcement, but one designed to highlight the dangers of such systems. The project is the brainchild of Fair Trials, a criminal justice watchdog. The NGO is campaigning for a ban on predicting policing, which uses data analytics to forecast when and where crimes are likely to happen and who may commit them. Proponents argue that the approach can be more accurate,…
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