From the who-needs-precogs dept.:

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.

The scheme was originally called the “homicide prediction project”, but its name has been changed to “sharing data to improve risk assessment”. The Ministry of Justice hopes the project will help boost public safety but campaigners have called it “chilling and dystopian”.

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    4 days ago

    Please, don’t take this to a private conversation if it’s not a private matter. The topic you were discussing would benefit others and being open offers the chance for someone to jump in with a unique perspective.

    Now, about the way you expressed your opinion on the assault received. I don’t have a degree in psychology, but I believe you shouldn’t so nonchalantly analyse someone’s behavior after just one interaction and you definitely shouldn’t treat it with levity (“to die on”). Also, personally, I think you should only advise people to seek help when it’s for their on benefit, not because you don’t approve their behavior. You might have had the best intentions, but the language you use is important.

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      2 days ago

      Okay, I also… “personally” think it’s fucked up to downgrade any psychical assault against a person. Which leads to death generally.

      I guess I don’t care about your feelings, I care about people never staying with abusive partners.

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      3 days ago

      To be fair, I said… “if you want” which obviously they don’t want to. That’s not healthy but that’s what they chose. You can hate on my language all you want but I am just trying to help a person.