Definitely agree the level of detail in the article wouldn't get published in an academic journal, though they do mention: "Kirstie Whitaker, programme lead fo

Definitely agree the level of detail in the article wouldn't get published in an academic journal, though they do mention: "Kirstie Whitaker, programme lead for tools, practices and systems at the Alan Turing Institute, reviewed our code, independently reproduced our results, and provided input on the validity of the reported outcomes." Would be interesting to see a proper write-up of the same study. That said, let's say that it is taken as given that it's harder for a ML set-up to determine good photos for dark skin. Should it be used at all then? Is it acceptable that it's harder for the ~15% of the population to get a passport than the rest of the population because of an algorithm in the loop? I don't think you can put it down to other factors like socio-economics as the Home Office reproduced this in their user testing before launch and acknowledged as a problem of the system (Vs the photos)