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UK Home Office faces criticism over biased AI in immigration processes

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The UK Home Office is reportedly using flawed and biased technology, including AI and facial age estimation, in its immigration and asylum processes. Open Rights Group (ORG) is advocating for a ban on these technologies in asylum decisions, citing concerns about transparency and potential harms to individuals. ORG also criticizes the Starmer government for failing to regulate AI despite its inclusion in the Labour manifesto, noting its increasing use in benefits, policing, and border control. AI

IMPACT Concerns raised about the use of AI in immigration and asylum processes highlight potential risks of bias and lack of transparency in government applications.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of advocacy posts criticizing government policy and technology use, rather than a direct policy announcement or release.

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UK Home Office faces criticism over biased AI in immigration processes

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    5️⃣ Roll back the digital hostile environment. The UK Home Office is deploying flawed and biased tech with little transparency for migrants and refugees. ORG ha

    5️⃣ Roll back the digital hostile environment. The UK Home Office is deploying flawed and biased tech with little transparency for migrants and refugees. ORG has called for a ban on the use of AI in asylum decisions, plus facial age estimation tech and the roll-out of the error-p…

    LINKS openrightsgroup.org/…/immigration-policy-…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    4️⃣ Regulate AI and ban predictive policing. Despite being in the UK Labour manifesto, the Starmer government has failed to regulate AI. AI is increasingly used

    4️⃣ Regulate AI and ban predictive policing. Despite being in the UK Labour manifesto, the Starmer government has failed to regulate AI. AI is increasingly used in benefits, policing and borders, government and society. But they cause real harms to real people in the name of alle…

    LINKS openrightsgroup.org/…/resist-pre-crime

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