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Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data is unfair, dangerous and reinforces discrimination in policingBritish policing’s use of algorithms and data to predict where crime will happen is racist and picks on the poor, a report from Amnesty International says.The human rights group says predictive policing tools, used by most police forces in the UK, are so unfair, dangerous and discriminatory that they should be banned. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/19/uk-use-of-predictive-policing-is-racist-and-should-be-banned-says-amnesty Author : Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-19 17:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hundreds of shoppers complain that basics including bread and milk are unavailable because of glitchHundreds of Tesco customers have reported problems with the retailer’s app and website, saying they have been unable to place online orders.They took to social media to complain that a wide range of groceries were showing as unavailable when they tried to check out and complete their shop. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/19/tesco-customers-unable-buy-groceries-website-fails Author : Joanna Partridge Publish date : 2025-02-19 15:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Foreign posts told to end all ‘non-mission critical’ news subscriptions in Trump directive that will ‘endanger lives’The state department has reportedly ordered its outposts around the world to cancel all subscriptions to news and media outlets that are supposedly “non-mission critical” in another extraordinary Trump administration crackdown on normal information channels.An email memo was circulated to embassies and consulates earlier this month explaining that the move was a further effort to cut costs by the federal government, the Washington Post reported late on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/state-department-media-subscriptions-cancelled Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2025-02-19 14:17:00 Copyright

Billionaire claims he is implementing ‘will of the people’ as he and US president praise each other so much, Sean Hannity says it is like ‘interviewing two brother’Musk and Trump put on lovefest in Sean Hannity interviewDonald Trump and Elon Musk lavished praise on each other while defending the Doge overhaul in a joint interview on Fox News.Musk boasted of a “thrashing of the bureaucracy as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people” when asked about criticism of the so-called “department of government efficiency”.Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand access to in vitro