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Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by jimlongton on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:56PM (#34687531)
That scandal is different in nature but just as egregious. It didn't involve fancy ML or algorithms. The Post Office and Fujitsu knew the system was broken (no correct tracking of transactions) and maliciously prosecuted hundreds of people to cover up their enormous failure. "Expert witnesses" lied on the stand, investigations were obstructed and paperwork burned.
Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by EdwardDiego on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:12PM (#34688231)
Are there more details on that somewhere? Feels like something that an investigative journalist (or, I guess these days, podcaster) would've dug right into the guts of.
Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by synotna2 on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:57PM (#34688582)
There is a very good book that covers it very well: the great post office scandal

Hard to read without boiling your blood

Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by EdwardDiego on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:14AM (#34689383)
Cheers!
Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by arp242 on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:04PM (#34688633)
People had been doing that since at least 2011 (there were some rumblings before, but no in-depth reporting by the likes of the BBC AFAIK). Still took close to 10 years to resolve the matter...

You can read a report at e.g. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justi...

As well as Wikipedia of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by EdwardDiego on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @02:43AM (#34689892)
...holy crap, that Private Eye article, just wow.
Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by roywiggins on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:41PM (#34688849)
There is a BBC podcast, "The Great Post Office Trial." You can find an RSS feed for it here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jf7j/episodes/downloads

There is also a book by the same reporter.

Re:The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorit... by EdwardDiego on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:14AM (#34689380)
Thanks!