Thread by @edri

[1] European Parliament negotiators call for a prohibition on predictive policing!🔥

As reported in @euractiv, leads on the #AIAct @brandobenifei + @IoanDragosT call for a full BAN on #PredictivePolicing, a key demand of civil society:

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edri.org/our-work/civil…

[2] In an interview with @BertuzLuca, #AIAct negotiators highlight that the draft report contains a ban on predictive policing.

[euractiv.com/section/digita…]

[3] Speaking to @clothildegouj at @politicoEurope, @IoanDragosT says that predictive policing violates the presumption of innocence.

[4] This is a huge issue for civil society. In March, EDRi, @fairtrials + 40 other NGOs demanded a ban in #AIAct.

Our @sarahchander argued that "predictive policing is reinforcing racial profiling + violating the rights of over-policed communities."

https://twitter.com/edri/status/1498587843840593920?s=20&t=gkapxbIr6w03wslbCLIrtA

[5] @g_ferris from @fairtrials said:

'Seeking to predict people’s future behaviour and punish them for it is completely incompatible with the fundamental right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.'

[6] Much hinges on how this prohibition is drafted.

Predictive policing is the attempt to use AI to predict where and why whom crimes are likely to be committed in the future.

It can be lists of likely 'offenders' like the UK's gang matrix @AmnestyUK
amnesty.org.uk/london-trident…

[7] Or the profiling of certain areas as places where 'low impact' crimes, like burglaries and muggings, are likely to happen. @ENAREurope released a report on the racialised nature of place-based predictive policing, written by @PatrickWillia17 + @
@e3i5

enar-eu.org/Data-driven-po…

[8] @sarahchander & @FiekeJ argued on the wider impact of predictive policing:

"The increased use of such systems is part of a growing ideology that social issues can be solved by allocating more power, resources - and now technologies - to police."

euobserver.com/opinion/151556

[9] A movement of NGOs activists & researchers have been ringing the alarm on predictive policing. For more on predictive policing follow:

@g__ferris @AdvocaatKlaas @PILPNJCM @CntrleAltDlt @rosamunde_vb @sedyst @InterwebzNani @accessnow @StatewatchEU @algorithmwatch @MyEDF