David HoJul 11
Holy cow, as an American, I wasn't aware of the Horizon IT scandal. ~1,000 postal workers were wrongfully prosecuted for theft and other crimes, imprisoned, and forced to repay tens of thousands of pounds. 13 of them committed suicide! But it was an IT error! AI will make this worse.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/uk-post-office-scandal-report.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.LKk8.BbcHfblN3WM4&smid=url-share
At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

A public inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions of about 1,000 postal workers has uncovered more victims than previously known, according to a report.

The New York Times
Show threadJcrabappleJul 11
@davidho there's a TV show about it.
Show threadImran Nazar ~ عمران نزرJul 11
@jcrabapple @davidho And it was only the TV show bringing the matter back up that finally secured some meagre form of justice. That's perhaps the craziest part of the whole thing.
Show threadPasswordsarehard4
@Two9A @jcrabapple @davidho The murdering menendez men may be migrating mainly from media attention. If the media and news wasn’t strong dictators wouldn’t stop it.
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