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   Daniel Nazer (danielnazer@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:41:31 JST Daniel Nazer

   Until today I'd never heard of the Horizon scandal in the UK - hundreds of people falsely convicted thanks to faulty accounting software used by the Post Office

   https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56718036

   Very similar to the Robodebt scheme in Australia, where thousands of people were falsely accused of owing money to the government.

   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54970253

   In both cases it took years for authorities to accept the software was defective.

   I'm sure things will be fine as we give software even more autonomy.