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13.06.20

Big Tech

What happened to Matt Hancock's coronavirus contact-tracing app?

The vaunted app has been mired in difficulties, from development to a glitchy trial run on the Isle of Wight

07.05.20

Big Tech

The tech firms getting their hands on NHS patient data to fight coronavirus

An investigation by the Bureau has found that technology companies are getting access to data that has previously been tightly controlled to help build apps to slow the disease

28.04.20

Big Tech

Monitoring being pitched to fight Covid-19 was tested on refugees

The pandemic has given a boost to controversial data-driven initiatives to track population movements, developed in response to the so-called migrant crisis of 2015, as part of efforts to stem the tid...

29.01.20

Big Tech

UK minister consulted Chinese AI company amid outcry over Uighur camps

Graham Stuart MP held the meeting with SenseTime in June 2019 despite reports that the company’s products had been used in Xinjiang province

14.11.19

Big Tech

Transparency concerns over secret government data projects

The Information Commissioner's Office has chosen to support the development of several controversial big data projects without public consultation

14.11.19

Big Tech

Prisoner risk algorithm could program in racism

The Bureau has discovered there are grave concerns about new tool developed by the Ministry of Justice to determine how prisoners are assigned to different types of prison

11.10.19

Big Tech

Conflict of interest questions over Cummings’ job at health tech firm

MPs have raised questions over work Boris Johnson's top adviser did for Babylon, shortly before a government minister endorsed the company

08.05.19

Big Tech

How is government using big data? The Bureau wants to find out

The findings of a six-month research project investigating government IT contracts raise major concerns about public scrutiny and accountability

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