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That scandal is different in nature but just as egregious. It didn't involve fancy ML or algorithms. The Post Office and Fujitsu knew the system was broken (no

That scandal is different in nature but just as egregious. It didn't involve fancy ML or algorithms. The Post Office and Fujitsu knew the system was broken (no correct tracking of transactions) and maliciously prosecuted hundreds of people to cover up their enormous failure. "Expert witnesses" lied on the stand, investigations were obstructed and paperwork burned.

EdwardDiego 4y ago
Are there more details on that somewhere? Feels like something that an investigative journalist (or, I guess these days, podcaster) would've dug right into the guts of.
- synotna2 4y ago
  There is a very good book that covers it very well: the great post office scandal Hard to read without boiling your blood
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    Cheers!
- arp242 4y ago
  People had been doing that since at least 2011 (there were some rumblings before, but no in-depth reporting by the likes of the BBC AFAIK). Still took close to 10 years to resolve the matter... You can read a report at e.g. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justice-lost-in-the-post.pdf https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justi... As well as Wikipedia of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    ...holy crap, that Private Eye article, just wow.
- roywiggins 4y ago
  There is a BBC podcast, "The Great Post Office Trial." You can find an RSS feed for it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jf7j/episodes/downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jf7j/episodes/downloads There is also a book by the same reporter.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    Thanks!