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Austria's job center wants to sort the unemployed into three classes. It has never listened to criticism of civil society. Now it's fighting the Austrian data protection authority, who banned the system.
Or, how to *not* handle public-interest algorithms.
derstandard.at/story/20001226…
Or, how to *not* handle public-interest algorithms.
derstandard.at/story/20001226…
This legal fight may have implications beyond Austria.
The data protection authority said that while case workers could theoretically modify the system's classifications, they won't have the time+resources to do so, and thus the system actually makes solely automated decisions.
The data protection authority said that while case workers could theoretically modify the system's classifications, they won't have the time+resources to do so, and thus the system actually makes solely automated decisions.
In my opinion, the Austrian job center (AMS) is acting in a reckless+irresponsible manner.
Instead of being an advocate for the unemployed and listening to criticism, it's pushing for technocratic solutionism and is even willing to accept that this may weaken EU data protection.
Instead of being an advocate for the unemployed and listening to criticism, it's pushing for technocratic solutionism and is even willing to accept that this may weaken EU data protection.
Concerned w/ takes on defunding the police that suggest "fund social services instead." Public welfare programs - as they exist in the US today - are an apparatus of social control. They punish the poor for being poor, extract money fr struggling communities & criminalize poverty
As I wrote in #AutomatingInequality: "The culture of policing wears many uniforms. And the state doesn’t require a cop to kill a person." Please don't suggest moving billions to support social service departments in the absence of input/control of the welfare rights movement.
If you need help identifying the very active US welfare rights movement, start here: Michigan Welfare Rights (@MWRO), Poor Ppl's Econ Human Rights Campaign (@PPEHRCorg), Springboard to Oppty (@SpringboardToOp), Poor Magazine (@poormagazine), welfarewarriors.org, etc.
