{"id":78897,"date":"2020-09-30T20:58:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dutch-predictive-policing-tool-designed-to-ethnically-profile-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T20:58:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:58:28","slug":"dutch-predictive-policing-tool-designed-to-ethnically-profile-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-predictive-policing-tool-designed-to-ethnically-profile-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dutch predictive policing tool \u2018designed to ethnically profile,\u2019 study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Dutch predictive policing tool \u2018designed to ethnically profile,\u2019 study finds<\/strong>”
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\n A predictive policing system used in the Netherlands\u00a0discriminates against Eastern Europeans and treats people as\u00a0\u201chuman guinea pigs under mass surveillance,\u201d new research by Amnesty International<\/a>\u00a0has revealed.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSensing Project\u201d uses cameras and\u00a0sensors\u00a0to collect data on\u00a0vehicles driving in and around Roermond,\u00a0a small city in the southeastern Netherlands. An algorithm then purportedly calculates the probability that the driver and passengers\u00a0intend to pickpocket or shoplift, and directs police towards the people and places it deems \u201chigh risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police present the project as a neutral system guided by objective crime data. But Amnesty found that it\u2019s specifically designed to identify people of Eastern European origin \u2014 a form of automated ethnic profiling.<\/p>\n

The project focuses on \u201cmobile banditry,\u201d a term used by Dutch law enforcement to describe property crimes, such as pickpocketing and shoplifting.\u00a0Police claim that these crimes are predominantly committed by people from Eastern European countries \u2014 particularly those of Roma ethnicity, a historically marginalized group. Amnesty says law enforcement \u201cexplicitly excludes crimes committed by people with a Dutch nationality from the definition of \u2018mobile banditry\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The watchdog discovered that these biases are deliberately embedded in the predictive policing system:<\/p>\n

The Sensing project identified vehicles with Eastern European licence plates in an attempt to single out Roma as suspected pickpockets and shoplifters. The target profile is biased towards designating higher risk scores for individuals with an Eastern European nationality and\/or Roma ethnicity, resulting in this group being more likely to be subjected to measures, such as storage of their data in police databases.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The investigation\u00a0also found that the system creates many false positives, that\u00a0police haven\u2019t demonstrated its effectiveness, and that no one in Roermond had consented to the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dutch authorities must call for a halt to the Sensing Project and similar experiments, which are in clear violation of the right to privacy, the right to data protection and the principles of legality and non-discrimination,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Merel Koning,\u00a0 senior policy officer of technology<\/a> and human rights at Amnesty.<\/p>\n

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\n Published September 30, 2020 \u2014 17:58 UTC<\/p><\/div>\n