Tag: Newsletter #57

This newsletter was sent on Thursday, July 3rd, 2025.

Complicity in genocide: Follow the Money reveals Dutch universities’ ties with Israel’s defence industry through EU Horizon Projects

An investigation by Follow the Money reveals that Dutch universities are participating in at least 28 European Union-funded research projects with Israeli partners that potentially benefit the Israeli military, despite EU rules prohibiting military applications.

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New York City uses a secret Child Welfare Algorithm

New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has been secretly using an AI risk assessment system since 2018 to flag families for additional investigation. This Markup investigation reveals how this algorithm mainly affects families of colour and raises serious questions about algorithmic bias against racialised and poor families in child welfare.

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Racist Technology in Action: How the municipality of Amsterdam tried to roll out a ‘fair’ fraud detection algorithm. Spoiler alert: it was a disaster

Amsterdam officials’ technosolutionist way of thinking struck once again: they believed they could build technology that would prevent fraud while protecting citizens’ rights through their “Smart Check” AI system.

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