{"id":1529992,"date":"2025-04-12T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1529992"},"modified":"2025-04-12T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:20:00","slug":"minority-report-uk-government-developing-murder-prediction-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/minority-report-uk-government-developing-murder-prediction-program\/1529992\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority Report: UK Government Developing ‘Murder Prediction’ Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minority Report: UK Government Developing ‘Murder Prediction’ Program<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The UK government is in the process of developing a system to predict whether people will commit homicide\u00a0in the future<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What could possibly go wrong with that?<\/p>\n

The idea is the literal plot line of Philip K. Dick\u2019s dystopian story \u2018Minority Report,\u2019 where individuals are arrested before they are able to commit crimes thanks to a \u2018precrime\u2019 predictive policing system.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the exact same thing, minus the mutant human precogs. In reality the program will be much more boring, using \u2018algorithms\u2019 to churn through data and spit out results.<\/p>\n

Given that the data will presumably include spicy social media posts, which are now being punished with prison sentences in the UK, you can see where this is going.<\/p>\n

UK: The UK is now testing software designed to predict whether someone might become a future killer. Drawing on vast troves of government data, this \u201chomicide prediction\u201d project builds individual risk profiles, turning bureaucratic files into digital crystal balls. It\u2019s Minority\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/bVF1n74GD1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 @amuse (@amuse) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian\u00a0reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The UK government is developing a \u2018murder prediction\u2019 programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.<\/p>\n

Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences.<\/p>\n

The scheme was originally called the \u2018homicide prediction project,\u2019 but its name has been changed to \u2018sharing data to improve risk assessment.\u2019 The Ministry of Justice hopes the project will help boost public safety but campaigners have called it \u2018chilling and dystopian.\u2019<\/p>\n

The UK government is developing a \u201cmurder prediction\u201d programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers, called \u201cchilling and dystopian\u201d by campaigners https:\/\/t.co\/pE0VDBHmrM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HJA Civil Liberties (@HJAcivillibs) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions\u2026<\/p>\n

That’s sketchy but the real question is… What happens if the algorithm says you would be one? Preventative measures, pre crime jail sentences or?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Zperlond (@Zperlond1) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

@amuse<\/a> Plenty could go wrong with the UK’s homicide prediction project. Privacy risks loom large with sensitive data like mental health records at play\u2014breaches could expose vulnerable people. The tool might also be biased, unfairly targeting racialized and low-income groups, as\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/b2qqdTAoBI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Grok (@grok) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Can you imagine\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cSir, the results have come in, it seems like every non British person is on the list\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lord Miles Official (@real_lord_miles) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Awesome! I was always hoping we could arrest criminals BEFORE they commit crimes. I’m sure this will be implemented even-handedly….in a country where you get imprisoned for mean words. Totally nothing to worry about here….<\/p>\n

\u2014 Husker4Life (@NE_good_life) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Another backdrop to all this is the fact that the government just enacted racially biased criminal codes\u00a0to punish white men more harshly than women or minorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite men are going to be treated a lot tougher by judges from Tuesday, compared to other groups.\u201d Starmer<\/p>\n

RIP UK. There is no coming back from this.<\/p>\n

pic.twitter.com\/R1gsay9VPx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Will the Minority Report program reflect this? Or will it reflect reality\u2026<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need an algorithm or AI to do this. Spend a week in uniform and you\u2019ll know exactly who commits most crime, most of the time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Theus Cattius (@TheusCattius) April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

JD Vance was right, the UK now operates within a full on dystopian apparatus:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 04\/12\/2025 – 09:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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