Millions of people across the UK are being profiled by biased algorithms every year by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), with the high-tech tools threatening data rights on a mass scale while officials fight to keep details out of public view.
‘Suspicion by Design’, a new report from the civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch, details the massive expansion of AI and algorithm supported decision-making at the heart of the benefits system, and lays out the key questions the government refuses to answer about the digital welfare state.