Earlier this week, the United Kingdom’s age assurance requirement for sites that publish pornographic material went into effect, which has resulted in everything from Pornhub to Reddit and Discord displaying an age verification panel when users attempt to visit. There’s just one little problem. As The Verge notes, all it takes to defeat the age-gating […]
UK Police Going Full Minority Report, Building ‘Murder Prediction’ Tool
In the latest “We have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus” news, The Guardian reports that the United Kingdom government is developing a prediction algorithm that will aim to identify people who are most likely to commit murder. What could go wrong? The report, which cites documents acquired […]