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Case Closed: Pasco Sheriff Admits “Predictive Policing” Program Violated Constitution. (ij.org)
submitted 4 days ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8126174

“Today the Sheriff acknowledged that dystopian program violated the Constitution and agreed never to bring it back.”

I dunno about you guys but this case was the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back" that made me start taking privacy seriously.

tl;dr Pasco County, FL was running a "predictive policing" program where they would use "a glorified Excel spreadsheet" to predict crimes and an algorithm would spit out "potential criminals" in the area. Most of them ended up being children. After that they would harass their families' day and night until they either committed a crime and went to jail or moved out of the county (which was the intention all along).

God Bless the IJ for taking up this cause and shutting it down, because it is honestly terrifying. It's a rare W for privacy. However I'm sure we haven't seen the last of "predictive policing" and we should remain vigilant.

and here's the video they made about it in 2022

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The fuck? Any non-fascist who was introduced to a program like this would say OK if you have the capability to identify these issues in specific populations would you not target interventions to mitigate the issues instead of harassing them until they commit crimes out of desperation?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

non-fascist

Yes, that is the problem in the 20's