All posts tagged "welfare"

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  Automated welfare fraud detection system contravenes international law, Dutch court rules

  A Dutch court has ruled that an automated surveillance system using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect welfare fraud violates the European Convention on Human Rights, and has ordered the government

  • Posted February 9, 2020
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  Australian court case reveals flaws in ‘robo-debt’ benefits programme

  The Australian federal government has conceded, in a landmark court case, that failings in the country’s controversial ‘robo-debt’ programme led it to unlawfully demand that citizens repay non-existent debts. The

  • Posted November 28, 2019
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  UK Department for Work and Pensions accelerates use of robots

  The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is accelerating its use of automated systems to handle claims for benefits, in a move some fear will disadvantage welfare recipients. The

  • Posted October 22, 2019
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  Australia proposes cashless welfare card expansion

  Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has signalled that he intends to expand the use of a cashless card for distributing welfare payments, limiting recipients’ ability to choose how they spend

  • Posted September 25, 2019
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  Irish Data Protection Commission slams Public Services Card

  A ‘public services card’ in Ireland designed to help citizens access services, receive welfare payments and crack down on fraud has been heavily criticised by the country’s data protection authority.

  • Posted August 27, 2019
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  Top Finnish civil servants outline tough choices for next government

  The next Finnish government faces making tough decisions to correct the country’s structural deficit, according to the country’s permanent secretaries. The Opportunities for Finland document has been drawn up by officials in

  • Posted February 7, 2019
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  Finland pushes ahead with basic income trial

  The government of Finland is to trial a new ‘basic income’ model that it hopes will pave the way for broader reforms of the country’s social security system. The concept

  • Posted October 28, 2016
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