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Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Can a toddler be a terrorist?

A shocking new report has found that babies and toddlers have been referred to the UK's controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016.

ORG has shown that data collected under the Prevent programme is widely shared and retained for years even when referrals are marked ‘no further action’. Lives are being impacted from an absurdly young age.

Read more from Hyphen:

https://hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/babies-referred-to-prevent-counter-terror-islamist/

#Prevent #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance

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Jackie Jude
@jackie@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@openrightsgroup this is insane
1. what criteria is it using? is it "AI"? is it targeting babies with Arabic names?
2. if they're just dropping the case when it's a baby since it's obviously a false positive, what are they doing when adults are targeted? are people's lives being ruined by false accusations from this system?
3. why are they not shutting the whole thing down if it has this many false positives?

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Jordi and 1001 Opossums
@Jorsh@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@openrightsgroup

No.

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