Analysis

March 16, 2022

The government algorithms making life and death decisions — and getting them wrong

Algorithms are being used by governments to make key decisions on benefit payments and immigration, often unfairly


Tim Smith

6 min read

Around three years ago, Rick Burgess and other members of the Greater Manchester Coalition for Disabled People (GMCDP) began noticing a change in the way that UK authorities were investigating their benefits payments.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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