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Canadian Cops Will Scan Social Media to Predict Who Could Go Missing

April 17, 2019 admin Canada, Indigenous, missing, missings persons, MMIW, Ontario, police in canada, Policing, predictive policing, Saskatchewan

Credit to Author: Nathan Munn| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:27:23 +0000

Critics say that predictive models will lead to false positives and could disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.

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Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database

February 27, 2019 admin news, Ontario, police in canada, Policing, privacy, rtd, Saskatchewan

Credit to Author: Nathan Munn| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:19:04 +0000

The database includes detailed, but “de-identified,” information about people’s lives culled from conversations between police, social services, health workers, and more.