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incident event
UK Post Office Horizon — AI as Infallible Evidence
The UK Post Office prosecuted over 700 subpostmasters for theft and fraud based on accounting discrepancies produced by the Horizon IT system — a system known internally to have software bugs. Subpostmasters were imprisoned and bankrupted. The Post Office suppressed evidence of Horizon's defects fo…
Confidence
80%
Sources
1
Entities
1
Detected
1 Jan 1999
Event summary
The UK Post Office prosecuted over 700 subpostmasters for theft and fraud based on accounting discrepancies produced by the Horizon IT system — a system known internally to have software bugs. Subpostmasters were imprisoned and bankrupted. The Post Office suppressed evidence of Horizon's defects fo…
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Linked entities
- Fujitsu / Post Office Ltd
organisation | 72%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-org-fujitsu-post-office-ltd to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 62% |
| ent-org-fujitsu-post-office-ltd to ent-psf-d8 | maps to | 62% |