Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> govt developing “murder prediction” programme using personal data of those known to authorities to ID people likely to murder</p><p>They are alleged to use algorithms to analysing thousands, including victims of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a>, trying to identify those most likely of committing violent crimes</p><p>It was originally called “homicide prediction project”, but its name waschanged to “sharing data to improve risk assessment”</p><p>Groups say it “chilling and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dystopian</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a></p>